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After all, recorders come in various sizes and cover a wide range of registers, while the coherence of their sound perfectly brings out the depth of expression enchanted in Renaissance motets, madrigals, and songs. The program will open with <em>Alla Battaglia<\/em>, an extraordinarily evocative song from 1487 by the Flemish master of polyphony Heinrich Isaac, celebrating the victorious siege of the fortress of Sarzanello and its recovery by Florence. It will be followed by Thomas Tomkins\u2019s <em>Sad Pavan for These Distracted Times<\/em>, written in 1649, only two weeks after the execution of Charles I, King of England and Scotland. Like a refrain, the program will return to works by Anthony Holborne, a composer associated with the court of Queen Elizabeth I, from his 1599 collection <em>Pavans, Galliards, Almains and other short Aeirs, both grave and light, in five parts, for Viols, Violins, or other Musicall Winde Instruments<\/em>. The works of this highly esteemed and erudite musician have intriguing, often ambiguous titles, leaving ample room for interpretation by performers and listeners alike. No less ambiguous and moving are the pieces concerned with religious themes (by Orlando di Lasso and Vicente Lusitano) and with love (by John Wilbye and Ludwig Senfl).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\">Marta Dziewanowska-Pachowska<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">PROGRAM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Heinrich Isaac (1450\u20131517) \u2013 <em>Alla Battaglia<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) \u2013 <em>Sad Pavan for These Distracted Times<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anthony Holborne (1545-1602) \u2013 <em>Infernum \u2013 Galliarda<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) \u2013 <em>Peccata Mea Domine<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">John Wilbye (1574-1638) \u2013 <em>Weep, Weep Mine Eyes<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anthony Holborne (1545-1602) \u2013 <em>The Image of Melancholy<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Ludwig Senfl (1486-1543) \u2013 <em>Tandernaken<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Vicente Lusitano (1520-1561) \u2013 <em>Sancta Mater, istud agas<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anthony Holborne (1545-1602) \u2013 <em>Paradizo \u2013 The Honey-Suckle<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">PERFORMERS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>CRACOW RECORDER CONSORT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>KATARZYNA CZUBEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>JULIE KU\u010cEROV\u00c1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ZS\u00d3FIA S\u00c1NTA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RODRIGO BARATA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RADOS\u0141AW ORAWSKI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Duration: approx. 50 mins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seats in the auditorium are not numbered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recorder is an instrument directly associated with the music of earlier eras. Its universal character meant that it was readily used both by itinerant musicians and by court artists. Thanks to its natural, warm timbre, close to the human voice so highly prized, especially in the sixteenth century, it proved ideally suited to solo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":16118,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21],"cykle":[127],"sezon":[123],"class_list":["post-44913","repetoire","type-repetoire","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-kategorii","category-uncategorized","cykle-4th-festival-in-tempore-regum-music-in-the-time-of-kings","sezon-2026-2027"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MUSICK FOR THESE DISTRACTED TYMES - Polska Opera Kr&oacute;lewska<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/operakrolewska.pl\/en\/repetoire\/musick-for-these-distracted-tymes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MUSICK FOR THESE DISTRACTED TYMES - Polska Opera Kr&oacute;lewska\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The recorder is an instrument directly associated with the music of earlier eras. 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