Episode 14 with Tamsin Jones: "Innsbruck, Ich muss dich lassen"

Award-winning British composer Tamsin Jones joins the podcast to discuss the Renaissance choral work "Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen" by Heinrich Isaac, and shares two choral works of her own--one of which is inspired by and includes the melody from "Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen".

Melody:

"Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen"

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsbruck,_ich_muss_dich_lassen
• https://youtu.be/rI712ZGflAQ

Composer / Songwriter:

Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450–1517)

Duration:

1:28:25

• Intro and guest questions – 0:00
• Pre-discussion about "Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen" – 13:46
• Review of the melody – 18:15
• Lisa shares – 1:03:28

Guest Composer: 

Tamsin Jones

• Website: https://tamsinjones.co.uk/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/TamsinJones17
• Tamsin Jones: Noel: Verbum Caro Factum Est (Chamber Choir Ireland, 2020): https://youtu.be/jwbwanPnT2g

Music Mentioned in this Episode:

• Melody from the Theme from Bagpuss: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxMXIVDkbqYQDLnQpLr1a1GwBwGbACmjoK
• Bagpuss (Playlist of Episodes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_FGayUGDY&list=PLLhOnau-tupR9j5yizKawnOF7fLkDKL4e
• Arvo Pärt – Tintinnabuli: https://youtu.be/m6xEktSFhe0
• Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel: https://youtu.be/JxYZu9piR64
• Arvo Pärt – Für Alina: https://youtu.be/auD7AlDrHgI
• Arvo Pärt – Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten: https://youtu.be/TVZZgfXNFW8
• Arvo Pärt – Magnificat: https://youtu.be/TJ0cd15DZWg
• John Tavener – The Lamb: https://youtu.be/Jp1Eq4nfnKc
• John Tavener – Song for Athene: https://youtu.be/tK3bIQxMMEg
• Eric Whitacre conducts "Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine": https://youtu.be/nsLiivVgxmM

Definitions in this Episode:

• Mixolydian Mode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixolydian_mode
• Half Cadence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence#Half_cadence
• Wabi-sabi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
• Tritone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritone

Recorded: 

October 21, 2022 using Riverside.FM https://Riverside.FM 

Musical score for reference created using FREE Musescore software: https://www.musescore.org

Video of musical score for reference created using Musescore Online: https://www.musescore.com

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