Group

Capilla Flamenca

Belgian classical ensemble

From: Leuven, Belgium
Active: 1979–2013
Releases: 40

About

Capilla Flamenca is a vocal and instrumental early music consort based in Leuven, Belgium. The group specialises in 14th to 16th century music from Flanders and takes its name from the historical Flemish chapel (capilla flamenca), the choir of the court chapel of Emperor Charles V. When the emperor left Flanders in 1517, he took his best musicians with him to Spain to accompany him as "living polyphony".

The ensemble's Artistic Director, Dirk Snellings, died in 2014. The ensemble had ceased performing in November of the previous year.

From Capilla Flamenca on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.