Edoardo Bellotti, who performs on organ and harpsichord, combines his concert career with musicological research and teaches at the Eastman School of Music and the Arp Schnitger Institute.
Composer Biography
Giovanni de Macque, born in Valenciennes, was one of the last Franco-Flemish composers in early modern Europe, greatly esteemed in his lifetime despite being barely known today.
Compositional Technique
Giovanni de Macque's keyboard music, particularly works like Consonanze Stravaganti, explores the expressive potential of ecclesiastical modes and uses unconventional dissonances, enharmonic equivalents, and abrupt modulations.
Composition History
Giovanni de Macque's compositions were published in major Italian printing centers like Venice, Rome, Naples, and Ferrara, indicating his prestige.
Composition History
The madrigals on this album are all from Giovanni de Macque's Sesto libro de Madrigali de Cinque voci, published in Venice in 1613, a year before his death.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Giovanni de Macque's madrigals cover a wide range of themes, from mythological and Arcadian subjects to moralizing and religious topics, expressing feelings like carefree enjoyment, heartbreak, despair, and sorrow.
Composer Biography
Giovanni de Macque worked as a choirboy at the Vienna court chapel, then as an organist in Rome, and later served the Prince of Venosa in Naples, father of composer Carlo Gesualdo.
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