Hesperion XXI - the Golden Age of European Consort Music

Hannah French presents highlights of a concert given at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon by Hesperion XXI, directed by Jordi Savall. This consort music, set between 1550 and 1750 features composers such as Dowland, Purcell and Bach, among many others less well known. According to Savall, the focus is on “the most beautiful pieces from the second part of the Renaissance to the Baroque period”, played by a formation of violas da gamba.