Joseph McHardy, director

Chineke! Voices present the astonishingly rich and imaginative music of Portuguese composer Vicente Lusitano. Lusitano was the first black composer to be published in Europe and a key musical figure of the times. Lusitano’s music survives in manuscript, and has been researched and edited for this performance by Joseph McHardy.

All works by Vicente Lusitano

• Hic est Michael archangelus

• Emendemus in melius

• Gombert - Lute Solo

• O beata Maria

• Quid montes, musae?

• Josquin – Lute Solo

• Salve Regina

• Regina coeli

Performers

• Isabelle Haile and Madison Nonoa, sopranos

• Christina Gill and Garreth Romain, altos

• Protik Moulik and Daniel Lewis, tenor

• Malcolm Merriweather and Krishnan Ram Prassad, bass

• Andrew Maginley, lute

• Joseph McHardy, director