O Bone Jesu

Philippa Hyde-soprano
Paul Esswood-counter-tenor
Jennifer Janse-cello
Helen Rogers-harpsichord and chamber organ
Lynda Sayce-theorbo (optional)

A programme exploring sacred Italian works of the 17th and 18th century alongside contemporary instrumental pieces. Songs and duets to the Virgin, often of a surprisingly sensual nature, contrast with some of the very first cello music and two of Michelangelo Rossi's daring and inventive Toccatas for keyboard.

 

Alessandro Grandi
Motet 'O intemerata'
Motet 'O sacrum convivium'
Song 'O dulce nomen Jesus'
Claudio Monteverdi
Song 'Exulta Fillia Sion'
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Cello canzona No VIII in G minor
Giacomo Carissimi
Motet 'Ecce sponsus venit'
Michelangelo Rossi
Harpsichord toccata No IV in G minor
Pietro Francesco Cavalli
Duet 'O Bone Jesu'
INTERVAL
     
Marco da Gagliano
Duet 'Vergine Chiara'
Duet 'O Meraviglie belle'
Alessandro Grandi
Song 'O quam tu pulchra es'
Michelangelo Rossi
Harpsichord toccata No VII in D minor
Claudio Monteverdi
Song 'Jubilet'
Domenico Gabrielli
Ricercar No III in D major for solo cello
Giuseppe Maria Jacchini
Cello sonata in A minor
Domenico Scarlatti
Motet 'Salve Regina'