Fonoteca Municipal do Porto delivers delightful playlist on sacral music during the second lockdown

During this second lockdown, accept the invitation by Fonoteca do Porto (Porto Audio Room) and, wile at home, get to know Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo, a sixteenth century composer, who is known for writing intensely expressive madrigals and pieces of sacred music. The Fonoteca do Porto continues to share its passion for music by according on Spotify delightful playlists that intertwine the history of music with contemporary culture.

This new playlist is authored by José Carlos Fernandes who provides an insight on the artwork by the Italian composer and lutenist, Carlo Gesualdo, who was also known for having murdered his first wife. The Italian composer published six books of madrigals, two collections of “Sacrae Cantiones” (1603) and the colection “Responsoria et alia ad Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae spectantia” (1611). The playlist includes 14 pieces of sacral artwork by Gesualdo and Giovanni da Palestrina.

The Municipal Audio Room (Fonoteca Municipal) is part of the Plataforma Campanhã, in the Arda Complex. It is a space devoted to appreciating music, audio-visual, sound and the music industry at large, featuring circa 35 thousand vinyl records, both national and international productions. It opened to the public in September 2020, and is targeted at all types of audiences - the aficionados, the curious, the nostalgic and the collectors.

The large collection of phonograms in vinyl format was the result of two donations to the Municipal Sound Archive by Rádio Difusão Portuguesa and Rádio Renascença, back in 2008.