Cambridge Early Music Concerts 2008
THE DIVINE FLUTE-HEAVEN
The Royal Wind Music (Double Sextet of Renaissance Recorders, directed by Paul Leenhouts)
3.30 pm, Sunday 16 November, 2008
Little St Mary's Church
Consort music after the Dutch 17th-century collections of Sir Jacob van Eyck: a wonderful programme of
music ranging from Dowland, Scheidt and Sweelinck to Bach.
The Royal Wind Music was formed by Paul Leenhouts in June 1997.
The twelve players, originally from the UK, Finland, Germany, Spain, Portugal and The Netherlands, all studied at the
Conservatory of Amsterdam. The consort, a double sextet of renaissance recorders, specialises in English, German, Spanish and Italian
instrumental music written between 1500 and 1640. The Royal Wind Music has toured in the USA and Europe, and has received
wide acclaim for its precision, expressiveness and spirit. In 2006 the ensemble was awarded the Noorderkerk Prize during the finals
of the Vriendenkrans Competition at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Their collection of renaissance recorders ranges from
the twelve-inch sopranino to the sub-contrabass measuring over ten feet.
Audio clip of Royal Wind Music playing at the Boston Early Music Festival:
Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1577 - 1663), Glosada LXVI sobre la canción de Tomás Crequilión llamada: Gay Bergier,
from Libro de tientos y discursos de música práctica..., Alcalá 1626.
Live recording made by WGBH Radio during the Boston Early Music Festival in 2007.
By kind permission of the Vicar and Churchwardens..
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