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The Salve Regina

Lucie Skeaping finds out how the Marian hymn Salve Regina fascinated European Renaissance composers and talks to Owen Rees about its liturgical and musical significance.

Lucie Skeaping finds out how the Marian hymn "Salve Regina" fascinated European composers throughout the Renaissance era. The original chant is itself an exquisitely beautiful melody and it inspired several generations of composers to write soaring polyphonic settings around it, including Guerrero, Ockeghem, Victoria, Lassus and many others. As well as the chant itself, Lucie Skeaping introduces a selection of these settings and talks to Dr Owen Rees, Reader in Music at Oxford University, about how the chant became popular, its liturtigal significance and its musical legacy.

58 minutes

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Sun 24 Feb 2013 13:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Salve Regina

    Performers: The Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier (director)

    • EMI.
    • CDC 7 49798 2.

  • Anon.

    Chant: Salve Regina

    Performers: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (director)

    • UNIVERSAL CLASSICS & JAZZ.
    • UCJ 476 6295.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Salve Regina

    Performers: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (director)

    • UNIVERSAL CLASSICS & JAZZ.
    • UCJ 476 6295.

  • Josquin des Prez

    Salve Regina a 5

    Performers: Taverner Consort, Andrew Parrott (director)

    • EMI.
    • 7 54659 2.

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Salve Regina a 6

    Performers: Ensemble La Sestina, Aridano Giardina (director)

    • DISQUES OFFICE.
    • DO Ref 65620.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Ave Virgo sanctissima

    Performers: A Capella Portuguesa, Owen Rees (conductor)

    • HYPERION.
    • CDA 66725.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Salve Regina

    Performers: Emma Kirkby (soprano), London Baroque, Charles Medlam (director)

    • BIS.
    • BIS-CD-1065.

  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Salve Regina

  • Anon.

    Salve Regina

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Salve Regina

  • Josquin des Prez

    Salve Regina a 5

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Salve Regina a 6

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Ave Virgo sanctissima

  • George Frideric Handel

    Salve Regina

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  • Sun 24 Feb 2013 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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