Publication:

Gabrieli à 2(2) (2012)

Performer(s)/Choreographer(s): Ayers J, Savan J, Woolf A

    Abstract: Published posthumously in Canzoni et Sonate (1615), Sonata XX in 22 parts is the largest and most ambitious of Gabrieli's instrumental works. The instrumental ensemble is divided into five choirs, each of which would have played from a different strategic location in the church for which this piece was almost certainly written, the basilica of St Mark's, Venice.Using a powerful computer and multi-channel audio, we performed this monumental work with just two period instrumentalists (Jamie Savan - cornett; Adam Woolf - sackbut) who played all twenty-two parts in a live multi-track recording. This was relayed in real time via ten speakers, carefully positioned to emulate the spatial and antiphonal effect of the composition's five choirs.

    Notes: Further performances and a 5.1 surround sound recording are planned for 2012, hence the 'in preparation' status of this entry.

      • Opening Date / Closing Date: 22 February 2012
      • Venue: Newcastle Early Music Festival
      • Publication type: Performance
      • Bibliographic status: In Preparation
        Staff

        Dr Jamie Savan
        Lecturer and Head of Performance