We do like a bit of Renaissance music at the Wig. This lunchtime concert seemed just the ticket when we booked it months ago and still seemed like a coveted ticket come the day.
We had heard of Cinquecento but not seen them before, although it seems they have been around for some time.
Below is a mini taster of them singing some other stuff…
…while our concert focussed on English Reformation period composers: John Sheppard, Thomas Tallis, Christopher Tye & William Byrd.
If you have found this Ogblog piece within 30 days of the concert, you can still hear the BBC Radio 3 broadcast of it through this link to BBC Sounds.
The Wigmore Hall streamed this concert. The stream can be found through this link if you would like to see it – I’m not sure if you need to register or not to see/hear it this way.
We thought it was an excellent concert. This size of ensemble and style of music works perfectly, to our ears, in The Wigmore Hall. The Tallis in particular was a memorably wonderful sound.