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The City Musick
Reining in the Donkey
Music from seventeenth century Rome
The City Musick, York University Choir
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Featuring the exotic wind and brass instruments of The City Musick, this most unusual event presents multi-choir works from the 'Colossal Baroque' of seventeenth-century Rome: four-choir music by Benevoli, his Venetian teacher Ugolini and others. The music features a curious technique called 'reining in the donkey' in which lower parts move hastily underneath a static soprano line, supposedly like a priest sitting on and trying to hold back a frenetic donkey (think 'King of Kings' in the Halleluiah chorus).
- 📅Sat 18 March 2023
- 📍Central Hall, University of York
- 🕑7:30pm
- 🎫£18.00-£5.00
Location
Central Hall, University of York
University Road, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom