Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli

Donald Macleod explores the lives and music of uncle and nephew
Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli


Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli share a name that dominated Venetian
music during the late 16th and early 17th century. Both uncle and
nephew were organists and composers, and their music was linked
inextricably with the exceptional city in which they lived and
worked. From the organ loft of St Mark’s Basilica to the
resplendent palazzos of merchants and noblemen, they provided the
soundtrack to Venice’s golden age, with its numerous feast days
and celebrations. But together, they would also pioneer an
ambitious way of writing choral music - playing with texture and
architecture– that would eventually echo beyond the Venetian
waterways and profoundly affect the music of the future.


Music Featured:


Andrea Gabrieli: Benedictus dominus Deus sabbaoth Andrea
Gabrieli: Fantasia allegra del duodecima toni Andrea Gabrieli:
Hor chel nel suo ben seno; Vaghi augelletti; Angel del terzo
ciel; O suave a mio cor Andrea Gabrieli: Aria della battaglia
Andrea Gabrieli: Laudate dominum omnes gentes a 5; Laudate
Dominum in sanctis eius a 10; Giovanni Gabrieli: O magnum
mysterium Andrea Gabrieli: Ricercar del settimo tuono Giovanni
Gabrieli: Deus qui beatum Marcum Andrea Gabrieli: Sancta et
immaculata; Laetare Jerusalem Andrea Gabrieli: Maria Magdalenae
et altera Maria; Maria stabat ad monumentum Andrea Gabrieli:
Kyrie a 5; Christe a 8; Kyrie a 12; Gloria a 16 Giovanni
Gabrieli: Exaudi me domine a 16 Giovanni Gabrieli: Hic est filius
Dei (arr. Timothy Higgins) a 18 Giovanni Gabrieli: Hodie Christus
natus est Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata pian e forte Giovanni
Gabrieli: Udite, chiari e generosi figli Andrea Gabrieli: Psalmi
Davidici, Psalmo 31:Beati quórum remissae; Delictum meum cognitum
tibi feci; Tu es refugium meum a tribulatione; In camo et fraeno
Giovanni Gabrieli: Audite príncipes Giovanni Gabrieli: Litaniae
Beatae Mariae Virginis Andrea Gabrieli: O salutaris hostia
Giovanni Gabrieli: Cantate Domino a 8 Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata
con tre violini - XXI Giovanni Gabrieli: Timor et tremor Giovanni
Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata a 22; Magnificat
a 33 Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata octavi toni a 12; Omnes gentes
Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacri di Giove augei, sacre Fenici Giovanni
Gabrieli: Canzon XXVIII a 8 “Sol sol la fa mi” Giovanni
Gabrieli:Buccinate in neomenio tuba Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon per
sonar primi toni a 10; Canzon a 4 “La Spiritata”; Canzon 3 a 6
Giovanni Gabrieli: Maria virgo a 10; Canzon in echo duodecimo
toni; Hic est filius Dei Giovanni Gabrieli: Quem vidistis
pastores Giovanni Gabrieli: In eclesiis


Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Amelia Parker for BBC
Audio Wales and West


For full track listings, including artist and recording details,
and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after
broadcast) head to the series page for Andrea and Giovanni
Gabrieli https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001x3y2


And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve
featured on Composer of the Week here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z