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The Binchois Consort
In the Midst of Death There is Life
Part of the Leamington Music at St Mary's Church, Warwick - 2024/25 Series
Add to my Calendar 12-11-2024 20:30 12-11-2024 22:30 36 The Binchois Consort ‘In the Midst of Death there is Life’:Celebrating 550 years of the Afterlife of Guillaume Du Fay The 550th anniversary of the death of Franco-Flemish composer Guillaume Du Fay (the dominant figure in European music of the second half of the 15th century) provides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the composer’s virtuosic contribution to music. Jamie Savan’s addition of the slide trumpet to the line-up brings a local connection too, as some of the earliest evidence of the instrument relates to trumpeters in the service of the Earl of Warwick. ‘Behind the Music’ FREE pre-concert talk: 7.45pm St Mary's Church, Warwick DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Mary's Church
Old Square
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 4RA
England
Programme
Guillaume Dufay – Apostolo glorioso
Guillaume Dufay – Missa Ave regina caelorum
Guillaume Dufay – Ave Regina Coelorum
Guillaume Dufay – Gloria and Credo
Guillaume Dufay – Balsamus et munda cera
Guillaume Dufay – Mass of Saint Anthony of Padua
Guillaume Dufay – Rite majorem Jacobum canamus
Guillaume Dufay – Resvelliés vous et faites chiere lye
Guillaume Dufay – Agnus Dei, for 3 voices
Performers
Andrew Kirkman – Director
Jamie Savan – medieval slide trumpet
Binchois Consort
Programme Note
‘In the Midst of Death there is Life’:
Celebrating 550 years of the Afterlife of Guillaume Du Fay
The 550th anniversary of the death of Franco-Flemish composer Guillaume Du Fay (the dominant figure in European music of the second half of the 15th century) provides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the composer’s virtuosic contribution to music. Jamie Savan’s addition of the slide trumpet to the line-up brings a local connection too, as some of the earliest evidence of the instrument relates to trumpeters in the service of the Earl of Warwick.
‘Behind the Music’ FREE pre-concert talk: 7.45pm
