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Hesperion XXI - the Golden Age of European Consort Music

Hannah French presents a concert given in Lisbon by Hesperion XXI, directed by Jordi Savall, featuring consort music by composers such as Dowland, Purcell, Bach, Ferrabosco & Lawes

Hannah French presents highlights of a concert given at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon by Hesperion XXI, directed by Jordi Savall. This consort music, set between 1550 and 1750 features composers such as Dowland, Purcell and Bach, among many others less well known. According to Savall, the focus is on “the most beautiful pieces from the second part of the Renaissance to the Baroque period”, played by a formation of violas da gamba.

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Music Played

  • William Brade

    Ein Schottisch Tanz

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Gioseffo Guami

    Canzon 4 sopra 'La Battaglia'

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Clement Woodcock

    Browning my dear a 5

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • John Ward

    Fantasia No 4

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Anonymous

    Pavane de la petitte Guerre - Gaillarde a 6 'Bourée d'Avignonez'

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • William Brade

    Turkische Intrada

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger

    Four Note Pavan

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • William Brade

    Galliard a 6

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • John Jenkins

    The Bell Pavan a 6

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia

    Tiento de Batalla

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Samuel Scheidt

    Galliard Battaglia

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • William Lawes

    Paven V a 5

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Robert Johnson

    The Kings Morisco

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasia upon one note

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Contrapunctus 9 alla duodecima

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Juan Bautista JosĂ© Cabanilles

    Obertura - Corrente italiana

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Anonymous

    Codex MartĂ­nez Companon (Tonada del Chimo)

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Anonymous

    Codex MartĂ­nez Companon (Cachua Serranita)

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

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  • Last Sunday17:00
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