Name: Beyond the Veil
Start: 2019-09-27T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2019-09-27T21:30:00+01:00
Location: Ulster Museum

Beyond the Veil

Sestina is a dynamic vocal ensemble specialising in the performance of early music. Founded in Belfast in 2011 by Mark Chambers, Sestina has a reputation for excellence and authenticity in early music performance as well as a fresh and innovative approach to the programming of early music.Sestina collaborates regularly with specialist early music performers, and has worked with ensembles such as His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts, The Monteverdi String Band and the Irish Baroque Orchestra. Along with regular performances in Northern Ireland, Sestina performs all around Ireland and the UK, with recent performances at East Cork Early Music Festival, Purbeck Art Weeks Festival, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham and Sligo Festival of Baroque Music. Sestina's debut recording, Master and Pupil, exploring the influences and legacy of Claudio Monteverdi, was released in 2022.The support and development of aspiring professional singers from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is at the heart of Sestina’s activities, and its Next Generation mentoring programme provides training for young performers, giving them the opportunity to work alongside world-class professionals. Sestina also has a comprehensive education and outreach programme, including schools workshops and 'Sing with Sestina' events.Sestina is grateful to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council Ireland and the Continuo Foundation for their funding support.

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Sestina Music reveal the secret music of Italy and the Concerto delle Donne

Ulster Museum

Sestina Music kickstart their ambitious 2019/20 season by placing the spotlight on three of their extraordinarily talented sopranos, Fiona Flynn, Aisling Kenny, and Charlotte Trepess, exploring works inspired by and written for the Concerto delle Donne of Renaissance Ferrara. The founding of the Concerto delle Donne was the most important event in secular Italian music in the late sixteenth century. The late Renaissance court of Ferrara saw the development of a series of chamber music concerts, known as Musica Secreta, performed in intimate surroundings for an exclusive audience. In 1580 Duke Alfonso II d’Este formed a consort of female singers entitled the Concerto delle Donne, to amuse his new young wife, Marguerite Gonzaga d’Este. In three short years they became so renowned for their virtuosic artistic and technical capabilities that they dominated the Musica Secreta and no more male performers were hired. Praised for their florid, highly ornamented style of singing, they brought prestige to Ferrara and revolutionised the role of women in professional music. In “Beyond the Veil” Sestina’s trio of sopranos will explore the Concerto delle Donne along with some of Europe’s finest early music instrumental specialists, including Steven Devine on keyboards, Paula Chateauneuf on theorbo/lute and Aileen Henry on harp, bringing a cornucopia of unheard music to the island of Ireland.

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