Capriccio Stravagante / Cappella Mariana / Skip Sempé

Sweet Memory

If there was such a thing as a hit song during the Renaissance, it was “Doulce mémoire” by Pierre Sandrin. This French chanson is about the (bittersweet) memory of a past love, which the composer set to a melody that is as catchy as it is melodious. This polyphonic setting was one of the best-known songs of its time and was widely popular throughout Europe—even entire masses were inspired by the chanson.

Instrumentation

Capriccio StravaganteEnsemble

Cappella Mariana VocalEnsemble

Skip Sempé harpsichordand conductor

Program

“Doulce mémoire – Sweet Memory”

Pierre Sandrin
Doulce mémoire

Cipriano de Rore
Missa Doulce mémoire a 5

Diego Ortiz
Recercadas on “Doulce mémoire”

Cipriano de Rore
Ancor che col partire / Madrigal

Antonio de Cabezón
Even as I Depart

Giovanni Battista Spadi
Ancor che col partire / from: libro de passaggi ascendenti et descendenti

– Pause –

Orlando di Lasso
Susanne un jour

William Byrd
Susanna Fair

Johann Sommer
Paduana (Susanne un jour) / from: First Part of Selected Paduanas and Galliards

Claude Le Jeune
Susanne un jour for 7

Hernando de Cabezón
Dulce memoria

Venue: Laeiszhalle / Main Hall

Organizer: HamburgMusik