Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann, a prizewinning cellist, specialized in historical performance on the violoncello and viola da gamba after initially studying modern cello.
Historical Context
The 17th century was a surprisingly productive period for female composers, offering opportunities that would disappear in later centuries, despite societal barriers.
Performer Biography
Jonas Nordberg, one of the most sought-after lutenists of his generation, has performed in a wide range of repertoire from early Renaissance lute music to contemporary soundscape explorations.
Historical Context
Convents provided a significant environment for female composers, with over half of all women who published music before 1700 being nuns, confined to these all-female spaces after a 1563 ruling by the Council of Trent.
Album & Artwork
A key aim of this album is to highlight women composers of the period, placing them alongside more renowned composers and celebrated classical heroines.
Album & Artwork
The album's theme, 'Heroines of Love and Loss', explores universal themes of love and loss through 16th and 17th-century chamber music.
Interpretation
The performers, Ruby Hughes (soprano), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello), and Jonas Nordberg (lute), experimented with sound and color, taking advantage of the often-unrealized scores of the 16th and 17th centuries to allow for improvisation.
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