sa 24 aug / 22.30 Geertekerk A € 21 / € 19 / € 10 B € 18 / € 16 / € 10
order number 13
Mala Punica / Pedro Memelsdorff Ciconia: motets
sa 24 aug / 24.00 Academiegebouw, Aula
Johannes Ciconia started out as a choir boy in Leuven, and soon made his way to Italy, where he blended the northern style with elements of the local tradition. Whether Ciconia ever actually worked in the papal city of Rome is uncertain, however we do know that he arrived in the university city of Padua around the age of thirty. By then he was already a respected composer. The eight motets that can definitely be ascribed to him date from this period: the majority being dedicated to notable figures from Padua and Venice. Mala Punica presents their core repertoire: the unprecedented, nearly exotic refinement of the Italian fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
€ 12 / € 10 / € 7
order number 14
Bertrand Cuiller Froberger & and the Blow-manuscript
The young French harpsichordist Bertrand Cuiller bases his homage to Froberger on a manuscript currently housed in Brussels, a compilation of keyboard works put together by the English composer John Blow in his final years – possibly for his own use. These include toccatas by Froberger, Fischer and Strungk. Cuiller adds music by Blow himself to create an original and richly diverse midnight recital. 41