The Third Cycle of Musical Revelations
Revealed to your eyes, to prepare your ears.
Popular Songs of the Spanish Palaces with the Diapente Renaissance Vocal Quintet!
Diapente returns for their third concert season with a program dedicated to the Renaissance music of Spain. Join us as we explore music from the courts of Castile, Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia through the Iberian genres of the villancico and ensalada.
Villancicos were the pop songs of their time, based on Medieval dance forms. Originally based on secular love poetry, they were later adopted by religious authorities to turn devotional texts into earworms.
Ensaladas (Spanish for salads) are exactly what the label says: an ecclectic collection of smaller songs, choruses and nonsense patter that create a colourful and fresh experience for the ears!
Works By:
Juan Vasquez, Juan del Encina, Nicolas Gombert, Mateo Flecha el joven, Miguel de Fuenllana, Mateo Flecha el viejo & Diego Pisador
Performed by:
Diapente Renaissance Quintet - Jane Fingler (soprano), Peter Koniers (countertenor), Jonathan Stuchbery (tenor, vihuela & guitar), Alexander Cappellazzo (tenor), and Martin Gomes (bass).