La Caxa di Vitio e Virtù
Or, The House of Vice and Virtue
Staged live at Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe, SE16 5HF
In 1514, the diarist Marin Sanudo noted that Venice's musicians were in mourning for the courtesan and famed singer Lucia Trivixan, who drew many to her home in Cannaregio for musical gatherings.
Using some of the first printed music for voices, lute and keyboard, Musica Antica recreate one such night at her home that year, with lutenist-singer Kristiina Watt playing the role of Lucia herself.
As ever, a bar serving refreshments including Holy Trinity's famous fruit gins will be open from 7pm.
This concert will finish at 9:10pm.
Programme
Jacob Obrecht
La tortorellaJohannes Tinctoris
Virgo Dei
Jacopo Sannazaro (music by an anonymous composer)Se a quella gloriosa e bella etade
Marchetto CaraPer dolor mi bagno il viso
Antonio CaprioliSotto un verde e alto cupresso
AnonymousCrudel et despietata
Bartolomeo TromboncinoPoi che volse la mia stella
Josquin DesprezScaramella
Loyset Compere
Scaramella
Antonio StringariPoi ch’io son in Libertate
Josquin Desprez
Nimphes Nappes
Musica Antica
Kristiina Watt soprano and lute
Mark Williams countertenor
Oliver Doyle tenor & keyboards
Joachim Sabbat bass
Rowena Jones recorders
Sarah Small viols
Peter Martin lute