From Franco-Flemish Polyphony to the Spanish organ tradition
Correa de Arauxo’s surviving music is all contained in a single volume entitled Libro de tientos y discursos de música practica, y theorica de organo intitulado Facultad organica (Alcalá, 1626). This publication is exceptional in many aspects: the number and the quality of Correa’s own compositions (69 in total); his references to the Franco-Flemish polyphonic tradition and to Spanish composers of the previous generations (Antonio de Cabezon, Guerrero, Morales…); the very detailed information he gives about the interpretation of his music. It also keeps some of its secrets: what are the sources of inspiration for the magnificent and virtuosic art of ornamentation? How much did dance and folk music influence Correa’s style? What kind of contact did he have with musicians of the Arabo-Andalusian tradition? At a time where Flemish organ-builders were at work in most Spanish cities including Sevilla, Correa’s hometown, what kind of trends and practices could he integrate so fast to make them his own, and publish one of the most important anthology of the 17th century? How much was Correa in touch with the great painters living at his time in Sevilla, the most famous of them being Diego Velazquez?
The program of this concert presents some of the most fabulous Correa’s Tientos (“tiento” means “essay” in Spanish, the same as “ricercare” in Italian) together with works of the composers and pieces he refers to.
InAlto & Bernard Foccroulle explore here the roots of Correa’s creative process, navigating in almost 200 years of repertoire that formed the master’s soundscape.
Alonso Lobo (1555-1617) – Beata Dei Genitrix
Correa de Arauxo (1584-1654) – Canto Llano de la Inmaculada Concepcion
Pierre de La Rue (1460-1518) – Sanctus (Missa Ave Maria)
Correa de Arauxo – Tiento XVII
Nicolas Gombert (1495-1556) – O Gloriosa Dei Genitrix
Correa de Arauxo – Tiento LIII
Josquin des Prés (1450-1521) – Ave Maria
Correa de Arauxo – Tiento IX
Correa de Arauxo – Tiento XXXIX
Nicolas Gombert/Antonio de Cabezon (1510-1566) – Ayme qui voldra
Roland de Lassus (1532-1594)/Francesco Rognoni (1570-1626) – Susanna d’Orlando
Correa de Arauxo – Tiento XXIII Sobre la Batalla de Morales
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)/Juan de Urreda (1430-1482)/Bricio Gaudi – Pange Lingua
Correa de Arauxo – Prosa del Santissimo Sacramento
Ensemble InAlto
Alice Foccroulle – Soprano
Vojtech Semerad – Alto
Olivier Coiffet – Tenor
Guillaume Olry – Bass
Susanna Defendi, Guy Hanssen, Bart Vroomen – Trombones
Bernard Foccroulle – Organ
Lambert Colson, Cornetts and Artistic Direction
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