Polyphony for three
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Sun 23 Feb 202516:00 - 17:00Grote Zaal
Rang 1 Standard € 33,00 CJP (Cultural Youth Passport) € 26,50 Stadspas € 26,50 Early Bird (age 13-30) € 12,50 Rang 2 Standard € 26,50 CJP (Cultural Youth Passport) € 26,50 Stadspas € 26,50 Early Bird (age 13-30) € 12,50
Program
Christopher Tye Sit Fast
Elway Bevin Browning
Thomas Tomkins Fantasia XIV a3
William Byrd Sermone Blando a3
William Byrd Fantasia I a3
William Byrd Fantasia II a3
William Byrd Fantasia III a3
Orlando Gibbons Two Fantasies in Three Parts
Matthew Locke The flat consort 'For my cousin Kemble', Suite No. 1
Henry Purcell Three Fantazias a3
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 19
Credits
Phantasm:
Laurence Dreyfus viola da gamba
Jonathan Manson viola da gamba
Markku Luolajan-Mikkola double bass
A sprinkle of experimentation, a dash of nonconformity – it’s of all times. And it’s what makes music so lively. The three gentlemen of Phantasm present a pretty daring programme. Because in 16th-century England, too, you had musical adventurers: from Tye to Purcell, from Tomkins to Gibbons. This programme also features a lot of William Byrd, called the ‘Father of English Music’, and rightly so.
The most beautiful counterpoint leads to exciting situations. Counterpoint (‘point against point’) is the art of weaving melodies together in such a way that they sound good both individually and as a whole. And no matter what path you take, it will all be okay; or as composer Christopher Tye instructed: ‘Sing ye true and care not, for I am true, fear not.’
