Hathor Consort & Marnix De Cat

Name: Hathor Consort & Marnix De Cat — Of heavenly and earthly love
Start: 2025-12-12T12:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-12T13:30:00+01:00
Location: Flagey

Of heavenly and earthly love

Fri 12 Dec 12:30

Studio 1

Past event

12 Dec

12:30

Past event

Program

Henry Lawes, Go lovely rose – Sweet stay awhile – I'll tell you how the rose did first grow red – Why so pale and wan

Diego Ortiz, Recercarda Quarta

Riccardo Rognoni, Ancor che col partire

Isabella Leonarda, from Sonata in D-minor: Adagio

Alessandro Grandi, O quam tu pulchra es

Giovanni Battista Fontana, Sonata terza

Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger, Espagnoleta

Johann Jacob Froberger, Toccata in D-minor

Claudia Sessa, Occhio io vissi di voi

Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde, Susanna un jour

Girolamo Cavazzoni, Canzon sopra "faultre d'argent"

Benedetto Ferrari, from Musiche varie a voce sola : Voglio di vita uscir

artist(s)

Marnix De Cat, countertenor

Dimos de Beun, lute-harpsichord & spinet

Romina Lischka, treble & bass viol

Of heavenly and earthly love takes you on a musical journey through divine, earthly, and erotic love in 16th- and 17th-century Italian and English music. The Hathor Consort, known for its mastery of historical instruments, joins forces with countertenor Marnix De Cat, praised for his expressive and authentic performances. Together, they present songs by composers such as Benedetto Ferrari and Henry Lawes, alongside virtuosic instrumental works by Isabella Leonarda, Kapsberger, and Diego Ortiz. These instrumental pieces explore the art of distilling polyphony into a single melodic line, allowing for subtle improvisation and refined ornamentation by the performers.

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