Excerpts of a collaboration in which Tomas Luis de Victoria’s 1605 Requiem is interspersed with the improvisations of guitarist Laura Snowden. Live at Kings Place, Hall One, London. The Musicall Compass. Crispin Lewis, director Claire Coleman, soprano Emily Owen, soprano Ian Aitkenhead, alto Paul Bentley-Angell, tenor Chris Fitzgerald-Lombard, tenor Adrian Horsewood, baritone Guest artist: Laura Snowden, guitar
Removed from its liturgical, historical and architectural setting and performed in a concert hall, Victoria’s Requiem remains a monumental, stunning work of renaissance art. In this new collaboration, the work is set in a new context: early music ensemble The Musicall Compass’s performance is linked by improvisations by the brilliant young guitarist/composer Laura Snowden