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[[Folger Consort|Folger Consort]] performed ''Monteverdi & Palestrina: Master of the Notes'' from January 6 to January 7, 2006. Even during his own lifetime, Palestrina's music was seen as the ''ars prefecta'', the ultimate distillation and refinement of Renaissance polyphony. His serene, lucid, and mellifluous style became the model for future composers of music for the church and is the counterpoint studied by students in universities today. Yet during his lifetime (c.1526-1594), a new style was born, inspired by the radical humanists' desire to break the rules of counterpoint in the service of the text. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), the greatest of these musicians, honed his ideas in madrigals and opera and brought this new Baroque style to church music as well. In the glorious [http://www.nationalcathedral.org/ National Cathedral], the Consort performed motets by both composers and instrumental works in both old and new styles. | [[Folger Consort|Folger Consort]] performed ''Monteverdi & Palestrina: Master of the Notes'' from January 6 to January 7, 2006. Even during his own lifetime, Palestrina's music was seen as the ''ars prefecta'', the ultimate distillation and refinement of Renaissance polyphony. His serene, lucid, and mellifluous style became the model for future composers of music for the church and is the counterpoint studied by students in universities today. Yet during his lifetime (c.1526-1594), a new style was born, inspired by the radical humanists' desire to break the rules of counterpoint in the service of the text. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), the greatest of these musicians, honed his ideas in madrigals and opera and brought this new Baroque style to church music as well. In the glorious [http://www.nationalcathedral.org/ National Cathedral], the Consort performed motets by both composers and instrumental works in both old and new styles. | ||
[[File:Kendall Eisenstein Directors Folger Consort (large).jpeg|400px|left|thumb|Folger Consort Artistic Directors, Christopher Kendall and Robert Eisenstein. Ken Cobb.]] | |||
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*Robert Petillo: tenor | *Robert Petillo: tenor | ||
*Webb Wiggins: organ | *Webb Wiggins: organ | ||
== Image gallery == | |||
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:File:Francois Loup Folger Consort 2006.jpeg|François Loup. | |||
:File:David Douglass Folger Consort.jpeg|David Douglass. | |||
:File:Drew Minter Folger Consort.jpeg|Drew Minter. | |||
</gallery> | |||
Revision as of 10:20, 1 July 2014
Folger Consort performed Monteverdi & Palestrina: Master of the Notes from January 6 to January 7, 2006. Even during his own lifetime, Palestrina's music was seen as the ars prefecta, the ultimate distillation and refinement of Renaissance polyphony. His serene, lucid, and mellifluous style became the model for future composers of music for the church and is the counterpoint studied by students in universities today. Yet during his lifetime (c.1526-1594), a new style was born, inspired by the radical humanists' desire to break the rules of counterpoint in the service of the text. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), the greatest of these musicians, honed his ideas in madrigals and opera and brought this new Baroque style to church music as well. In the glorious National Cathedral, the Consort performed motets by both composers and instrumental works in both old and new styles.
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Artists
Folger Consort
Artistic Directors
- Robert Eisenstein: violin, viol, recorder
- Christopher Kendall: theorbo
Guest artists
- Philip Cave: tenor
- David Douglass: violin, viol
- Barbara Hollinshead: mezzo soprano
- Rosa Lamoreaux: soprano
- Francois Loup: baritone
- Drew Minter: countertenor
- Robert Petillo: tenor
- Webb Wiggins: organ
Image gallery
François Loup.
David Douglass.
Drew Minter.
