Hopkinson Smith
A golden beginning: lute music in print
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Recorded live at the Lutherse kerk Utrecht, 28 August 2022
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About this concert
In his Libro del cortigiano (The Book of the Courtier), Castiglione explains that the exemplary courtier is not only a good hunter and soldier, but also a perfect dancer, speaker and, if possible, lutenist. Hopkinson Smith plays music by Castiglione's contemporaries Spinacino and Dalza from the very first lute anthologies printed in Italy and France. Great master Smith flawlessly fills in the loose ends, missing pages and unwritten ornamentation.
Programme
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Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Pavana alla Veneziana
Calata ala Spagnola ditto terzetti
(from: Intabulatura de lauto, 1508)fl. 1508 -
Francesco Spinacino
Recercare 15
Recercare 23
Recercare 12
(from: Intabulatura de lauto, 1507)fl. 1507 -
Francesco Spinacino
Recercare 25
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Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Poi che volse la mia stella
Piva alla Veneziana -
Lute tablature printed by Pierre Attaingnant
Destre amoureux
Sauterelle
Branle de Poictou
Branle gay ‘Cest mon Ami’1529 & 1530 -
Francesco Spinacino
Recercare 4
Recercare 9
Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Piva alla Ferrarese
Musicians
- Hopkinson Smith lute
About the performer
American Hopkinson Smith is one of the nestors of early music. He specialises in theorbo, lute and baroque guitar. Until his retirement in 2020, he taught at the renowned Schola Cantorum in Basel. It was in this city in 1974 that, together with Jordi Savall and others, he founded the ensemble Hespèrion XX (since the turn of the century called Hespèrion XXI).