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On Sunday 13th December we're broadcasting a double length
episode of L’Esprit Baroque
. During this programme we'll be
following the cultural trip that the
Leiden lawyer Jan Alensoon
made in the 18th century through Europe.
As
well as being a lawyer Jan Alensoon (1683 – 1769) was a great lover of
music. So it was only logical that during his cultural journey in
the years 1723/24 he concentrated on musical life. Via Belgium, France
and Italy he travelled through Switzerland and Germany and then back
again. He made the most musical contacts in Italy. Throughout Europe he
found himself in artistic circles.
Jan Alensoon was
famous for his unique voice. He had a vocal range of 3 octaves so he
could sing both bass and high falsetto. In Venice he sang duets with
the famous singer Faustina Bordoni, the wife of Johann Adolf Hasse.
A years after Jan Alensoon's return, the Leiden composer Unico van Wassenaer composed his Concerti Armonici.  In the 2 parts of the broadcast of The
Long Journey of Jan Alensoon
you can hear music he would
have heard during his musical
tour of discovery through Europe.
There will be works by Henri Desmarest, Giovanni Porta, Giovanni Battista Somis,
Giuseppe Sammartini,
Domenico Sarri, Nicola Porpora, Marc Roger, Normand
Couperin, Michel L’Affilard and of course Unico van Wassenaer. Broadcasts:
- part 1: Sunday 13 December 2015,
15:00 – 16:00 CET
- part 2: Sunday 13 December 2015,
16:00 – 17:00 CET
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