The Royal Wind Music – Recorder Ensemble

Friday 30 May, 7pm

St Thomas Church, Lymington

A unique consort of renaissance recorders based in Amsterdam and specialised in repertoire from the golden age of polyphony (1520-1640).

Portrait of Albrecht Dürer

A musical biography of the master (1471–1528)

2021 marked the 550th anniversary of the birth of Albrecht Dürer, one of the leading artists of the Renaissance, following his steps from his birthplace Nuremberg to Italy and the Low Countries and playing music with a thematic connection to his drawings, paintings and engravings. 

This programme will feature music associated with the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, Dürer’s patron, and compositions published in Nuremberg and Venice. We also connect a few of his works, like Melencolia I, Praying Hands and his self-portraits to songs and motets which are as impressive and moving as Dürer’s own works.

Programme, concept, arrangements and diminutions: María Martínez Ayerza

The Royal Wind Music