大象传媒

Catherine Bott presents a programme in which two members of German a capella group Amarcord talk about their work, illustrated with highlights from a concert they gave at the 2009 Schwetzingen Festival in Germany.

Amarcord came together as students of Thomas School in Leipzig, an institution famous for its associations with Bach. However, the five members of Amarcord became fascinated in early music from the centuries before Bach, and in the early 1990s they formed a vocal group which combined the great musical traditions of their schooling with some of early music performance methods that were starting to cross into Eastern Europe from the West. The result is a very distinctive sound that has won them a lot of critical praise, especially on the continent.

Plus a chance to hear two more of the finalists from the 2009 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition. It is a major platform for emerging talent in the early music world and has attracted a variety of ensembles from afar afield as the USA, Belgium, France, Austria and Switzerland, as well as the UK.

Playlist:

Anon: Veni, mater gratia (Alleluia V)
Stephen Langton: Veni, sancte spiritus (Pentecost Sequence)
Johannes Ockeghem: Credo
Josquin Desprez: Motet: Magnus es tu, Domine
Gregorian chants: De Profundis clamavi (Offertory Moosburg Gradual); Amen dico vobis quidquid (Communion - Moosburg Gradual)
Pierre de la Rue: O Salutaris hostia (Missa de Sancta Anna)
Amarcord

Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonata a 2 (Concerti Ecclesiastici) - excerpt
Giovanni Battista Fontana: Violin Sonata No 2 in D
Concitato Ensemble
(recorded at York Early Music Festival's Young Artists Competition final on 18th July 2009)

Anon: Verbliit uw lieve susterkyn (excerpt)
Grand Desir
(recorded at York Early Music Festival's Young Artists Competition final on 18th July 2009)

Telemann: Distrait (Paris Quartet No 6 in E minor)
Meridiana
(recorded at York Early Music Festival's Young Artists Competition final on 18th July 2009).