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VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH

Phantasm 2012photo: Marco Borggreve Image Name: Phantasm 2012photo: Marco Borggreve Description: Phantasm 2012photo: Marco Borggreve

William Lawes and Giovanni Maria Bononcini’s lives only overlapped in time for barely three years, but even so, what these two composers shared in common were professional lives in the employ of royal courts. On Vox Nostra this week, you’ll get to hear the acclaimed viola da gamba ensemble Phantasm play consort music by the English master, who was in the service of Charles the 1st of England most of his life. There’s also chamber music by the Italian Bononcini, father of an important musical dynasty, and speaking of musical lineages, the anniversary of Manuel Mendes on this day in 1605 gives occasion to hear plenty of music by the Portuguese composer, his contemporaries, and his students.

RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 24th September, 7am-10am