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Second Book of Madrigals

for six voices
mixed choir (SSATTBar)
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Description

Like many Englishmen I had sung madrigals for pleasure – usually late at night with friends, after several glasses of wine. While these madrigals have their charm, and many are extremely beautiful, I found, as I began an extended exploration of the madrigal as a creative venture, that the richest source lies in the Italian Renaissance.

In 1998 I embarked on a project to write a series of madrigals, eventually deciding to collect them in ‘books’ in the manner of Italian madrigalists, such as Monteverdi or Gesualdo. The Second Book is for an unusual six-part group – the Scandinavian Trio Mediaeval (3 sopranos) and three tenors (John Potter plus two from the Hilliard Ensemble) – and sets Petrarch in the original 14th century Italian. I focused on those sonnets known as the Rima Sparsi ("scattered verses") and added one extra Petrarch setting – originally a radiophonic piece ("Marconi's Madrigal") for CBC's Marconi Day. Gavin Bryars

Content

Benedetto sia 'l giorno e 'l mese et l' anno
Io son già stanco di pensar sì come
Quando dal proprio sito si rumove - Poi che voi et io più volte abbiam provato 
Non veggio ove scampar mi possa omai
Ponmi ove 'l sole occide i fiori et l' erba
Non Tesin, Po, Baro, Arno, Adige et Tebro
I' vidi in terra angelici costumi
O passi sparsi, o pensier vaghi et pronti
Una candida cerva sopra l' erba
Che fai? che pensi?
Amor, che meco al buon tempo ti stavi
Fu forse un tempo dolce
Morte à spento quel sol ch' abagliar suolmi
Marconi's Madrigal, Se 'l sasso ond' è più chiusa questa valle

More Information

Title:
Second Book of Madrigals
for six voices
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music Ltd., London
Year of composition:
2001 - 2002
Duration:
35 ′
World Premiere:
July 19, 2002 · Cambridge (UK)
Cambridge Early Music Summer School 2002
Jorvox

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Rikskonsertene (Norwegian Institute)
Series:
Title:
Second Book of Madrigals
for six voices
Language:
Italian
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2001 - 2002
Duration:
35 ′
World Premiere:
July 19, 2002 · Cambridge (UK)
Cambridge Early Music Summer School 2002
Jorvox

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Rikskonsertene (Norwegian Institute)
Series:
Title:
Second Book of Madrigals
for six voices
Language:
Italian
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2001 - 2002
Duration:
35 ′
World Premiere:
July 19, 2002 · Cambridge (UK)
Cambridge Early Music Summer School 2002
Jorvox

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Rikskonsertene (Norwegian Institute)
Series:

Technical Details

Product number:
ED 12786
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-2451-8
Product number:
ED 12786
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-2451-8
Weight:
0,3 kg
Pages:
84
Format:
23.1cm x 30.3cm
Binding:
Paperback/Softcover
Product number:
ED 12786 Q6323
ISMN13:
979-0-2201-2451-8
Pages:
93
File format:
(PDF / 891,73 KB)

Audio Attachments

Bryars: Second Book of Madrigals Track 5

Performances

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  • Second Book of Madrigals
    Other Minds 2016
    March 4, 2016 | San Francisco, CA (United States of America) , SFJAZZ Center
  • Second Book of Madrigals
    Adelaide Festival 2015
    Orchestra: Gavin Bryars Ensemble (with additional Australian performers)
    March 4, 2015 | Adelaide (Australia) , Elder Hall
  • Second Book of Madrigals
    Canberra International Music Festival 2013: A Lark Ascending
    Conductor: Roland Peelman
    May 17, 2013 | Canberra (Australia) , Albert Hall, Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla — National Premiere
  • Second Book of Madrigals
    Conductor: Massimiliano Pascucci
    March 20, 2011 | Rancate (Switzerland) , S. Stefano
  • Second Book of Madrigals
    Conductor: Massimiliano Pascucci
    May 27, 2004 | Firenze (Italy) , Villa I Tatti
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