After a debut concert in Faro (Pt), my collaboration with the brilliant harpsichordist María González has developed into an established duo dedicated to the Renaissance and Baroque repertoire.

Programmes

Italian Renaissance

Ganassi’s Parnassus
Instrumental diminution in Sylvestro Ganassi’s Venice

Handwritten cadences by Ganassi
Handwritten cadences by Ganassi

Works by Mouton, Gombert, Tiburtino, Willaert, Fogliano, de Rore et al.

María González and Vicente Parrilla at the ORDA Festival Amsterdam 2019. Photo by Yat Ho Tsang - Yatho Photography
María González and Vicente Parrilla at the ORDA Festival Amsterdam 2019. Photo by Yat Ho Tsang - Yatho Photography

Vicente Parrilla, recorder
María González, organ

This programme can also be performed by a trio or quartet.

Programme notes (extract)

As it is well known, Ganassi’s treatise Fontegara (1535), although the largest published collection of embellishment formulas from the Renaissance, is devoid of actual musical pieces. This fact poses two major problems for today’s performers: we can’t be sure of the specific repertoire to which he might have applied his diminutions. At the same time, the lack of embellished pieces by the author deprives us of models that could serve us as examples when embellishing new pieces. However, a close study of his published works provides numerous clues in both directions.

An example of diminutions after Ganassi by Vicente Parrilla
An example of diminutions after Ganassi by Vicente Parrilla

All recorder diminutions were selected and organized by Vicente Parrilla and belong to Fontegara. Likewise, all keyboard diminutions were selected and adapted by María González and are from Fontegara.


French Baroque

Un Doux Repos
Musiques pour flûtes à la chambre du Roy

Prelude by Hotteterre, extract

Works by Hotteterre, Philidor, Bousset, Lambert et al.

Vicente Parrilla, recorder
María González, harpsichord

This programme can also be performed as a trio or quartet.

María González and Vicente Parrilla at ORDA Festival Amsterdam 2019. Photo by Eero Saunamäki
María González and Vicente Parrilla at ORDA Festival Amsterdam 2019. Photo by Eero Saunamäki

Also as a duo

Upcoming concerts

Oct 31 2024 Vicente Parrilla and Euskal Barrokensemble Madrid, Spain Recording + Info
Nov 01 2024 Vicente Parrilla and Euskal Barrokensemble Madrid, Spain Recording + Info
Nov 25 2024 More Hispano — Vicente Parrilla Otepää, Estonia Tallinn Early Music Festival + Info
Nov 26 2024 More Hispano — Vicente Parrilla Tallinn, Estonia Tallinn Early Music Festival + Info