Programme
Various topics concerning the performance practice of the polyphonic repertoire will be addressed, with reference to both music-theoretical sources and historical evidence. The course will be available both for already established groups and for ensembles created from among the course participants. Upon enrolment, you are asked to specify your vocal register. At the beginning of July, a choice of music for possible performance will be sent.
Repertoire
The course includes the study of the a cappella or concerted polyphonic vocal repertoire with a focus on the work of Giovanni Pier Luigi da Palestrina on the 500th anniversary of his birth (1525). The study of a Mass, motets and madrigals by the composer will be proposed. The theme of the extemporaneous practice of diminution will also be addressed, especially with reference to Palestrina's madrigal work. Further proposals of profane and sacred polyphonic repertoire from the late 15th and early 17th century will also be accepted.
Bio
Paolo Da Col studied music at the Conservatory of Bologna and musicology at the University of Venice and at the Centre d'Études Supérieures de la Renaissance in Tours. He is the librarian of the Conservatory of Venice. From a very young age he has directed his interests to the repertoire of Renaissance and pre-classical music, constantly combining research and performance. He has been a member of numerous Italian vocal ensembles for over twenty years and since 1998 he has been conducting the male vocal ensemble Odhecaton, which was awarded the Abbiati Prize of Italian music critics in 2018. With Odhecaton he has recorded some fifteen discs that have received major awards, including the Grand prix international de l'Académie du disque lyrique, 5 diapason d'or, 2 diapason d'or de l'année, CD of the Year (Goldberg), Editor's choice (Gramophone). Together with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, he is the editor of the magazine L'Organo and has collaborated as a music critic with various specialist magazines. He has directed the music catalogue of the publisher Arnaldo Forni in Bologna, is editor of editions of instrumental and vocal music, author of catalogues of music collections and essays on the history of vocal music. He collaborates on the critical edition of the works of C. Gesualdo da Venosa and G. Tartini.