Died 18 July 1374
Settings of his poetry sung by the RICHARD HICKOX SINGERS conductor RICHARD HICKOX Part 1
Lassus Cantal, or piango Willaert Liete e pensose Rore Crudele acerba
Jacopo da Bologna Non al suo amante
Andrea Gabriell I'vo piangendo Arcadelt Chiare fresche dole! acque
9.55* Petrarch's Literary Love by NICHOLAS MANN
Poet, scholar, historian, thinker, writing in Latin, Petrarch was a key figure of the early Renaissance, but self-aware in a remarkably modern way.
Dr Mann, Fellow and Tutor of Pembroke College, Oxford, examines the links between Petrarch's poetic love for Laura, his scholarly pursuits, and his inner tensions.
10.15* Petrarch: part 2
Marenzio 0 voi che sospirate; Solo e pensoso
Monteverdi Zefiro torna; Ohime il bel viso
Palestrina Vergine bella; Vergfne saggia; Vergine pura
10.55* Sonnets by Petrarch - Read in Italian by ROBERT RIETTY in English by GARY WATSON