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Lucrezia Vizzana and the rebellious nuns of Bologna

Lucie Skeaping tells the remarkable story of a convent full of mutinous musicians in 17th-century Bologna, in conversation with Craig A. Monson who first uncovered their adventures

Lucie Skeaping tells the remarkable story of a convent full of mutinous musicians in 17th-century Bologna, in conversation with Craig A. Monson who first uncovered their adventures. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ to the composer Lucrezia Vizzana whose music is at the heart of this programme, the convent of Santa Cristina struggled for decades to defend both its musical traditions and its independence from the local church authorities. The conflict came to a head with a pitched battle in 1628 when the archbishop tried to have the nuns walled up - and they fought back with bricks!

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Lucrezia Vizzana

    Paratum cor meum

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • LINN.
  • Adriano Banchieri

    Laetamini et exultate (Messa Solenne)

    Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Director: Candace Smith.
    • TACTUS.
  • Gabriele Fattorini

    Hymnum cantate nobis

    Choir: St Louis Chamber Chorus. Conductor: Philip Barnes.
  • Ercole Porta

    O virgo pulcherrima

    Ensemble: Gruppo Polifonico Francesco Coradini. Conductor: Fabio Lombardo.
    • Dynamic.
  • Lucrezia Vizzana

    Ornaverunt faciem templi

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • LINN.
  • Lucrezia Vizzana

    Sonet vox tua

    Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Director: Candace Smith.
    • TACTUS.
  • Lucrezia Vizzana

    Amo Christum

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • LINN.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Maria quid ploras

    Ensemble: La Compagnia del Madrigale.
    • Glossa.
  • Lucrezia Vizzana

    O si sciret stultus mundus

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • LINN.
  • Lucrezia Vizzana

    Usquequo oblivisceris me infinem?

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • LINN.
  • Lucrezia Vizzana

    Protector noster

    Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Director: Candace Smith.
    • TACTUS.
  • Antonio Caldara

    Al suon delle trombe (L'inimico generoso)

    Singer: Sergio Foresti. Ensemble: Abchordis Ensemble. Director: Andrea Buccarella.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
  • Lucrezia Vizzana

    O invictissima Christi martir

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • LINN.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Mar 2024 14:00

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