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La Contenance Angloise

Part of the Brighton Early Music Festival 2018

Add to my Calendar 26-10-2018 20:00 26-10-2018 22:00 36 La Contenance Angloise BREMF 2018 opens with a fascinating example of an English cultural export in the 15th century: the so-called contenance angloise. This new musical fashion took Europe by storm, revolutionising compositional techniques and taste. Initiated by John Dunstaple and Walter Frye, this English style was then adopted by composers such as Dufay and Binchois and introduced to the Burgundian Court, the epicentre of musical innovation at that time. Pan-European Sollazzo Ensemble, winners of the 2015 York Early Music Competition, bring their vivid style of performance to this intimate and profound music that still speaks to us through the centuries. St George's Church, Brighton and Hove DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St George's Church
St George's Road
Kemptown
Brighton and Hove
East Sussex
BN2 1ED
England

Programme

Guillaume Dufay – selection of works

Performers

Sollazzo Ensemble

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Programme Note

BREMF 2018 opens with a fascinating example of an English cultural export in the 15th century: the so-called contenance angloise. This new musical fashion took Europe by storm, revolutionising compositional techniques and taste. Initiated by John Dunstaple and Walter Frye, this English style was then adopted by composers such as Dufay and Binchois and introduced to the Burgundian Court, the epicentre of musical innovation at that time.

Pan-European Sollazzo Ensemble, winners of the 2015 York Early Music Competition, bring their vivid style of performance to this intimate and profound music that still speaks to us through the centuries.

Sollazzo Ensemble

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