Lucie Skeaping introduces a recent concert given by the vocal group Musica Secreta at the church of St Bartholomew the Great in London. The concert celebrates the 400th anniversary of the birth of Chiara Margarita Cozzolani , the extraordinary Bolognese composer whose music was composed within the fourwalls of the Santa Radagonda convent in Milan.
Musica Secreta: Matthew Halls (organ), Frances Kelly (harp), Angier Hauksson (chitarrone), Andrew van der Beek (sackbut), directors Deborah Roberts and Laurie Stras
Cozzolani Vespers (1650)