Andrea Angelini
Choral Conductor, Composer, Music Journalist
Workshop on Choral Music in Venice during the Renaissance
Spanish and Italian Connection: a Workshop by Andrea Angelini
Workshop on Polyphonic Music at the mirror: same text, different ages
International Choral Bulletin
Rimini International Choral Competition
Claudio Monteverdi Choral Festival
Queen Choral Festival
Coro Carla Amori
Festival Borlan Baia Mare
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Singing, In Style, Renaissance Vocal Music
PD 12 January 2021 ; MD 12 January 2021 by Andrea Angelini
A Music State Chapel: The St. Mark's Basilica
PD 9 January 2021 ; MD 9 January 2021 by Andrea Angelini
Colin Mawby and his World
English Language / Opinioni
The Lady in Black
PD 30 May 2020 ; MD 31 May 2020 by Andrea Angelini
English Language / Interviews
Romuald Twardowski: When the new and the old become original
The True History of the Vespers of the Blessed Virgin by Alessandro Grandi
PD 4 May 2020 ; MD 10 May 2020 by Andrea Angelini
English Language / Technique
The Tempo in the Choral Music of the XVI Century
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The story of 'Spem in Alium', a 40 parts motet by Thomas Tallis
Transcription and Analysis of Willaert's Ave Maria
Clemens: Ego flos campi!
PD 13 May 2013 ; MD 11 January 2021 by Andrea Angelini
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Jacobus Clemens Non Papa's Marian motet 'Ego flos campi' (I am the flower of the field) can confidently be dated to autumn 1550. Clemens was employed for a few months during the autumn of 1550 for three months by the Marian confraternity Onze Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap in 's-Hertogenbosch. This guild was the leading religious confraternity in 's-Hertogenbosch and its members were devoted to performing good works and sponsoring good music in the name of the Virgin Mary whom they revered'Sicut lilium inter spinas' ('As a lily among thorns').
The musical representation of the Virgin is both beautiful and central to the motet Clemens represents her 'As a lily among thorns' by setting her motto in simple chords surrounded by complex polyphony it's an effective – and affecting piece of music which he follows by depicting the of Lebanon, in wave-like phrases which he passes between the voices. It's sung below by Ensemble Musicaficta. You can also download the music score for free!
Jacobus Clemens non Papa (ca. 1510-ca. 1556) was a Flemish composer whose a cappella Masses, motets, and chansons represent high points in the history of Renaissance polyphonic vocal music.
He non Papa was born in Ypres, Flanders. Nothing is known of his education except that he was trained as a priest, and little is known about his career. He seems to have spent his early creative years in Paris, where his first works were published, but he returned to the Low Countries in 1540. It is known that he was in Bruges until 1545, where he served as priest and choirmaster of the children at St. Donatien. In subsequent years Clemens was active as a singer and composer at the cathedrals in Antwerp and's Hertogenbosch, at Ypres, and finally at Dixmuide, where he died and was buried.
Clemens published under the name Jacques Clément or Jacobus Clemens until 1546, after which he added the appellation "non Papa" to the Latin form of his name. Why he did this is not known, though scholars have suggested it may have been done so that Clemens might distinguish himself from a priest-poet active in Ypres at the time who bore the same name and called himself Jacobus Papa.
The extant works of Clemens—all works for unaccompanied voices—include 15 Masses, 231 motets, a number of songs in French and in Flemish, and 4 books of Souterliedekens, or "little psalter songs." These last are simple three-part settings of the Psalms in Flemish that Clemens based on popular melodies of the day. These Psalm settings were intended as devotional pieces for the home, which accounts for their simplicity and easy tunefulness. By contrast, in his Masses and motets, Clemens wrote a rich and varied polyphony, with a seriousness and thoroughness typical of the Renaissance Netherlandish composers. His motets, in which Clemens shows himself ever responsive to the moods and images of his texts, are especially remarkable for both their clarity and expressive power. Many of his motets are remarkable, as well, for their unusual use of chromaticism, much of it notated in the scores, but more of it, many scholars believe, implied and meant to be added to the music only in its performance by the initiate.
Clemens was an outstanding composer in an epoch that produced many composers of genius. His contributions to the genres of the Mass and the motet, in particular, stand as great monuments of the art of polyphony in the Renaissance.
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Born in Bologna, Italy, Andrea Angelini studied piano and choral music at the Conservatoires of Rimini and Ferrara, where he got a Master. He got his Doctorate in Choral Music at the Cesena Conservatoire of Music. He studied Renaissance Choral Music in England and Rome. He is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the professional group Musica Ficta Vocal Ensemble. For many years, Andrea Angelini has conducted concerts with the choir Carla Amori, in Italy and abroad. He has also conducted, as guest conductor, many important ensembles. He has been member of the Jury at many International Choir's Competitions in Italy, Europe and Asia. He frequently leads choral workshops in Italy and abroad. (Hungary, Malaysia, Russia, China, Moldavia, Romania, Croatia). Mr. Angelini is also the artistic director of the Rimini International Choral Competition, Claudio Monteverdi Choral Competition, Queen of the Adriatic Sea Choral Festival and Competition and Liviu Borlan Choral Festival. He is the Editor of the International Choral Bulletin (ICB), the membership magazine of the IFCM (International Federation for Choral Music). He is a member for Italy of the World Choir Council. Actually he is the President of AERCO, the Emilia-Romagna Regional Association of Choirs.
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