Pomerium
Alexander Blachly, Director

Mannerist Music
of the Renaissance

Francis Scott Key Auditorium
St. John’s College
Annapolis, MD

8:15 p.m.
8 February 2008
 
PRE-MANNERIST STYLE

The Classic High Renaissance Motet, Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria

Josquin Desprez (ca. 1452-ca. 1521)

CHROMATICISM

The Miraculous Motet, Omnis pulchritudo Domini Melancholy Madrigal, Calami sonum ferentes Sorrow Motet, Vox in Rama

Andreas de Silva (ca. 1475-ca. 1528) Cipriano de Rore (ca. 1515-1565) Giaches de Wert (1535-1596)

EXTREME CHROMATICISM

Suffering Responsory, Ecce vidimus eum Betrayal Responsory, Judas, mercator pessimus

Carlo Gesualdo (ca. 1561-1613) Carlo Gesualdo

INTERMISSION

LEAPING VOCAL LINES

Admonition Motet, Vox clamantis in deserto Desperation Motet, Egressus Jesus Terror Motet, Ascendente Jesu The Voice of God Motet, Saule, Saule

Giaches de Wert Giaches de Wert Giaches de Wert Giaches de Wert

DESTABILIZING HARMONIES

Foreboding Responsory, In monte Oliveti Abandonment Responsory, O vos omnes

Carlo Gesualdo Carlo Gesualdo

UNRAVELED MUSICAL FABRIC

Distress Motet, Vide homo

Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Pomerium
Kristina Boerger, Michèle Eaton, Melissa Fogarty, Dominique Surh - sopranos
Silvie Jensen - mezzo-soprano
Robert Isaacs - countertenor
Thom Baker, Neil Farrell, Thomas McCargar, Michael Steinberger - tenors
Mark Duer, Jeffrey Johnson, Kurt-Owen Richards, Peter Stewart - basses