Album Description
The Caecilia-Concert presents a varied selection of pieces composed during the seventeenth century in different styles. These compositions can be roughly categorized into three genres that existed alongside each other: vocal polyphony, diminutions based on vocal music, and instrumental music. Individually, the members of the Caecilia-Concert hold prominent positions in several of the leading period instrument ensembles, including the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (Ton Koopman) and The English Baroque Soloists (Sir John Eliot Gardiner). Collectively, as the Caecilia-Concert, they have performed in festivals and prestigious venues across Europe, including Holland festival Oude Muziek, Itinaire Baroque, and Londons Purcell Room. The Caecilia-Concert is named after the first Dutch Collegium Musicum founded in Arnhem in 1591, which was dedicated to Saint Caecilia, the patroness of music.