La Compañia – Renaissance Rhythms

La Compañia

Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & La Compañia

Details

From a spicy tarantella to a stately pavane, a vivacious galliard or a joyous chacona.

La Compañia unfailingly embodies repertoire with precision, flexibility and joyful musicality. The celebrated Renaissance band unearths some of the most beautiful and fascinating music of the 16th and early 17th centuries with virtuosity and flair.

Directed by Danny Lucin the celebrated ensemble La Compañia is recognised as Australia’s preeminent period instrument ensemble specialising in music of the Renaissance and early Baroque.

About the concert

Their performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall explores a lively repertoire celebrating dance, movement and vigour. From a spicy tarantella to a stately pavane, a vivacious galliard or a joyous chacona. La Compañia glides past Mediterranean shores to visit aristocratic parlours, boisterous taverns, town squares and royal courts discovering the highly fashionable dances that transfixed society. So rich in variety these alluring tunes and soulful poetic songs weave a rich tapestry of the Renaissance sweet life.

Join La Compañia for a stylish performance on splendid period instruments, adorned with virtuosic instrumental displays.

Praise for La Compañia

‘Unfailingly enjoyable …La Compañia presents concerts that heighten expectations… this early music collective has dust-scattering bounce and clarity.’ The Age

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Artists

Danny Lucin cornetto, director
Timothy Reynolds tenor
Stephanie Eldridge baroque violin
Victoria Watts viola da gamba
Miranda Hill violone
Rosemary Hodgson renaissance guitar and lute
Casey Fitzpatrick baroque guitar
Christine Baker percussion

Program

Anonymous
Bransle de Loraine

Anthoine Boesset
A la fin cette bergere

Adrian Le Roy / Robert Ballard
Didier le Blanc (fl. Late 16th C)
Les mariniers adorent un beau jour

Michael Praetorius
Spagnoletta

Henry Purcell
‘Twas within a Furlong of Edinborough Town

John Playford / The Division Violin
Johnny Cock thy Beaver: A Scotch Tune to a Ground

William Thomson
Saw Na Ye My Peggie

John Playford
‘The Dancing Master’ 8 Suite of Country Dances

Stefano Landi
Augellin

Maurizio Cazzati
Gagliarda

Filippo Azzaiolo
Chi passa per sta strada

Anonymous (Pugliese)
Tarantella del 1600

Mateo Romero
Folia Romerico florido

Diego Ortiz
Passemezzo Antiguo & Moderno

Rafael Antonio Castellanos
Vaya de jacara, amigos

Venue