What kind of music might Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán have heard during his life in Madrid and Seville? That question is the exhilarating inspiration of the new CD by Paul Van Nevel and his Huelgas Ensemble.
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La Oreja de Zurbarán classical (Cypres)
It’s also a clever move by Bozar, as they are using the recording as a soundtrack to (and in) the exhibition “Zurbarán. Master of Spain’s Golden Age” (see our expo review on p. 40). This CD with both religious and secular vocal music illustrates the extent to which the religious ideal of St. Teresa of Ávila, the patroness of Spain, filtered into Spanish music, albeit gradually. In other words, polyphonic music intended to act as a lever to lift the listener into rapture and ecstasy. And that is precisely the repertoire in which the Huelgas Ensemble specialises. The result – to put it mildly – is a crystal-clear, but also imploring and kaleidoscopic recording.
26/5, 20.00, €24/34, Kapellekerk/Église de la Chapelle, www.bozar.be
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