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Portuguese Polyphony

Hannah French goes in search of the glories of 16th century Portuguese polyphony, with the help of choir Os Cupertinos.

An exploration and journey into the glories of Renaissance Portuguese polyphony, with works by Estevão Lopes Morago, Francisco Garro and Pedro de Cristo. Our guides to this music are Os Cupertinos, the Braga-based choir who are exponents of this music.

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59 minutes

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Sun 2 Nov 202517:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Diego da Conceição

    Meio Registo de 2o Tom Accidental

    Performer: Charlotte Phillips.
    • Caeli Porta: 17th Century sacred music from Lisbon and Granada.
    • Guild.
    • 3.

  • Pedro de Cristo

    Dixit Dominus

    Choir: Choir of Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Caeli Porta: 17th Century sacred music from Lisbon and Granada.
    • Guild.
    • 2.

  • Manuel Cardoso

    Magnificat secondi toni a 4

    Singer: Eva Braga Simoes. Choir: Cupertinos. Director: Luís Toscano.
    • Hyperion.

  • Duarte Lôbo

    Missa Elisabeth Zacharie (Kyrie and Gloria)

    Choir: Cupertinos. Director: Luís Toscano.
    • Duarte Lobo – Masses, Responsories & motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 51-56.

  • Diego da Conceição

    Batalha de 5ᵒ Tom

    Performer: João Vaz.
    • Historical Organ (1765): São Vicente de Fora.
    • IFO.
    • 4.

  • Francisco Garro

    Asperges Me

    Choir: Cupertinos. Conductor: Pedro Teixeira.

  • Estêvão Lopes Morago

    Jesu Redemptor

    Choir: Cupertinos. Conductor: Pedro Teixeira.

  • Filipe de Magalhães

    Commissa mea pavesco

    Choir: The Marian Consort. Conductor: Rory McCleery.
    • Pater Peccavi.
    • Delphian.
    • 15.

  • Manuel Rodrigues Coelho

    Pange lingua do tiple

    Performer: Sergio Silva.
    • Coelho: Flores de musica pera o instrumento de tecla, & harpa, Volume 1.
    • Inventa Records.
    • 24.

  • Pedro de Cristo

    Beata Dei genitrix, Maria

    Performer: Cupertinos. Director: Luís Toscano.
    • Pedro de Cristo – Magnificat (Marian Antiphons and Missa Salve Regina).
    • Hyperion.
    • 34.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3

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