As a lover of Baroque music, for years it has been my New Year’s resolution to listen to Bach’s cantatas in order of the liturgical year, but I sadly never managed to do so. So…

When my parents visited me last week, we went to a lovely concert dedicated to the works of Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c. 1510-1555), a relatively unknown Renaissance composer from the Low Countries. There is…

John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558) can be ranked amongst the finest and foremost English composers from the Renaissance. Still, it is only recently that he is getting the attention he deserves, especially in comparison with the…

Renaissance Music is traditionally known as the period of classical music from around 1400 to 1600. The term ‘renaissance’ comes from the from the Latin renasci, meaning ‘to be reborn’. The Renaissance then was a…

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) was the greatest Spanish composer of the Renaissance, famous for his Officium Defunctorum. Born in the city of Ávila, in central Spain, Victoria served as a chorister at the local…

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) today is mostly known for his vocal compositions, especially his cycle of cantatas. Like many German composers of the Baroque Period, Bach was employed by the church to write music for…