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Milena Cord-to-Krax

Tag: Renaissance music

  • Training like a Renaissance musician would do it Part I — The Beginning

    In February/March 2021 I took an online course on Solmization, modes and psalmody, led by Isaac Alonso de Molina and organized by Escuela de Polifonía Opera Omnia. It was great! I participated because I had learned before what solmization is but not to actually do it. Studying at the conservatory I was really busy playing…

  • 1st Price — International Early Music Competition Gijón with Vox Tremula

    On the 11.06.2018 we won the first prize at the International Early Music Competition Gijón with my recorder consort Vox Tremula. Though it is not very obviuos to compete in music, we decided to participate, hoping for it to give us some more visibility and concert programmers trust 😉

  • Historically Informed Creativity — subcategory to HIP

    I‘d like to introduce a subcategory to Historically Informed Perfomance Practice (HIP): Historically Informed Creativity (HIC). The creative aspects for musicians from the early music epochs (Middle ages, Renaissance, Baroque) included improvising, diminuting, ornamenting, arranging and composing. Studying the mentioned parts of music making from the original treatises, and thus obtaining knowledge on style, harmony–…

  • Three videos of my recorder consort Vox Tremula

    Have a look and a listen to three videos of my recorder consort Vox Tremula: Vincenzo Ruffo — La Danza Vox Tremula: Milena Cord-to-Krax, Elena Escartín & Gonzalo Llao, recorders Zoé Desquesnes, contemporary dance [divider] J. Playford & M. Cord-to-Krax — The Begger Boy Vox Tremula: Milena Cord-to-Krax, Elena Escartín & Gonzalo Llao, recorders David…

  • Three videos from 29-05-15

    François Couperin (1668-1733) — Concert Royal no. 4 Milena Cord-to-Krax, recorder | Ventura Rico, viola da gamba | Alejandro Casal, harpsichord ☞ Voiceflute by Ernst Meyer ❧ Johannes Ciconia (ca. 1370-1412) — Aler m’en veus Milena Cord-to-Krax & Vicente Parrilla, recorders ☞ Renaissance tenor recorders by Bob Marvin ❧ G.P. da Palestrina & G.B. Bovicelli…

  • Concert in San Roque – 09/04/15

    Next week, 09/04/15, I’m going to play a duo concert with Alejandro Casal (organ) in a village in Southern Spain –San Roque– next to Gibraltar. I am very happy about the program, since this music is one of my favorites and quite rarely chosen by programmers: 16th century diminutions on madrigals. Next to diminutions by…

  • Diminutions on Io son ferito ahi lasso — A video from 06-02-15

    G.P. da Palestrina & G.B. Bovicelli — Io son ferito ahi lasso Milena Cord-to-Krax, recorder | Alejandro Casal, harpsichord Last Friday I played these diminutions from Bovicelli’s treatise Regole, passaggi di musica, madrigali et motetti passeggiati (Venice, 1594). Bovicelli himself was a singer, but they work just as fine as an instrumental version, I think.…

  • Videos: recital 2013-2014

    Here are three videos of my final recital of the academic year 2013-2014 recorded on June 12, 2014 at Sevilla’s Conservatorio Superior. Beautiful 16th century diminutions: C. de Rore & R. Rogniono — Anchor che col partire Milena Cord-to-Krax, recorder (☞ Ganassi Tenor by Monika Musch) Alejandro Casal, organ This diminution is from Riccardo Rogniono’s…

  • Glosas on O felici occhi miei — A video from last February’s students concert

    J. Arcadelt & D. Ortiz & M. Cord-to-Krax — Recercada II, Diferentia & Recercada III after O felici occhi miei Milena Cord-to-Krax, recorder; Alejandro Casal, harpsichord Last February’s student concert at Seville’s Conservatory was on the topic of 16th century music. I played three different versions of J. Arcadelt’s madrigal O felici occhi miei: the…

  • Pulchra es amica mea — A video from last Friday’s student concert

    Last Friday we had our monthly recorder students’ concert at Seville’s Conservatory, whose topic was, this time, 16th century music. I played some beautiful diminutions by the always inventive F. Rognoni on G.P. da Palestrina‘s motet Pulchra es amica mea. The recorder I used is probably my favorite one: a renaissance tenor by recorder maker…