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The Aleotti Mystery

Vittoria and Raffaella Aleotti were nuns and composers - but were they one person or two? Mystery and music from late 16th-century Italy, with Lucie Skeaping.

Vittoria and Raffaella Aleotti were nuns and composers - but were they one person or two? Mystery and music in late 16th-century Italy, with Lucie Skeaping.

Among the music rolling off the busy printing presses of Venice in 1593 was a book of madrigals by Vittoria Aleotti and a book of motets by Raffaella Aleotti, long thought to be her sister. But after 1593 the name of Vittoria vanishes from history, whereas Raffaella became a much-honoured figure in the musical life of her native Ferrara. Lucie Skeaping investigates their history with expert commentary from Candace Smith, and presents their motets and madrigals in performances by Smith's ensemble Cappella Artemisia and special new recordings by the 大象传媒 Singers.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Nov 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • Raffaella Aleotti

    Ascendens Christus in altum

    Performer: Cappella Artemisa. Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.
  • Vittoria Aleotti

    Baciai per haver vita

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Raffaella Aleotti

    Surge propera amica mea

    Performer: Cappella Artemisa. Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.
  • Vittoria Aleotti

    Al turbar de' bei lumi

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Vittoria Aleotti

    O dolc'anima mia

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Ercole Pasquini

    Gagliarda, S.29

    Performer: James Johnstone.
  • Raffaella Aleotti

    Se del tuo corpo

    Performer: Cappella Artemisa. Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.
  • Raffaella Aleotti

    Hodie nata est beata Maria

    Performer: Cappella Artemisa. Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.
  • Vittoria Aleotti

    Miserere mei Deus

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Raffaella Aleotti

    Sancta et immaculata virginitas

    Performer: Cappella Artemisa. Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.
  • Raffaella Aleotti

    Vidi speciosam sicut columbam

    Performer: Cappella Artemisa. Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.
  • Vittoria Aleotti

    Ego flos campi

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Vittoria Aleotti

    T'amo mia vita

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Raffaella Aleotti

    Congregati sunt inimici nostri

    Performer: Cappella Artemisa. Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.
  • Lorenzo Agnelli

    Caro mea

    Performer: Cappella Artemisa. Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.
  • Vittoria Aleotti

    Io v'amo vita mia

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Raffaella Aleotti

    Diligam te Domine

    Performer: Cappella Artemisa. Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Apr 2022 14:00
  • Sun 19 Nov 2023 14:00

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