Pomerium
Alexander Blachly, Director

Mannerist Music
of the Renaissance

Music Before 1800
Corpus Christi Church
529 West 121st Street
New York, NY

4:00 p.m.
19 October 2008
 
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, In monte Oiveti Betrayal Responsory, Judas, mercator pessimus

Carlo Gesualdo (ca. 1561-1613) Carlo Gesualdo

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

INTENSIFYING HARMONIES

Foreboding Responsory, Ecce vidimus eum Infatuation Latin madrigal, Anna, mihi dilecta Abandonment Responsory, O vos omnes

Carlo Gesualdo Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) Carlo Gesualdo

UNRAVELED MUSICAL FABRIC

Pathos Motet, Vide homo

Orlande de Lassus

Pomerium
Kristina Boerger, Michèle Eaton, Melissa Fogarty, Michele Kennedy, 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