Claudio Monteverdi: Era l’anima mia, SV 96 Tempro la cetra, SV 117
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur: Le Cantique des cantiques - Le Jardin clos
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Tenebrae Responsory No.3 - Unus ex discipulis meis Alma Redemptoris mater
Edmund Rubbra: Tenebrae - Second Nocturn Op.72, No.4 - Amicus meus
Orazio Vecchi: L’Amfiparnaso - Daspuo che stabilao
J.S. Bach: The art of fugue, No.1, BWV 1080
Clément Janequin: La guerre
Josquin Desprez: Missa L’Homme Armé a sexti toni - Agnus Dei
Cipriano de Rore: Or che’l ciel e la terra
Adrian Williams: Shaping the invisible
Clément Janequin: La guerre (voices only)
The 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci falls on 2 May 2019. Probably the greatest polymath of all time, Leonardo was also a musician and revered music as the only serious rival for his divine 'science' of painting. Marking this significant anniversary and the legacy of this forward-thinking ‘Renaissance Man’, I Fagiolini combines art, music and science in Leonardo: Shaping the Invisible, a major new touring and recording project conceived with Leonardo expert Professor Martin Kemp.
Inspired by Leonardo’s relentless curiosity, ‘Shaping the invisible’ explores his best-loved images through the prism of music by Tallis, Howells, Victoria, Bach, Monteverdi, Janequin, and more. The project also includes a new commission from composer Adrian Williams and Gillian Clarke, the former National Poet of Wales, provoked by Leonardo’s scientific discoveries. In true I Fagiolini style, there are a few post-production surprises in store, whilst the concert tour includes projections of Leonardo’s beautiful art. Recorded at Angel Studios, London, 20-22 September 2018 (except for Agnus Dei and Alma Redemptoris recorded Tom Dick and Debbie Productions, Oxford, July 2012)
