Pomerium
Alexander Blachly, Director

Mannerist Music
of the Renaissance

8:00 p.m.
25 September 2009

Wellin Hall
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY

 
CHROMATICISM

The Miraculous Motet, Omnis pulchritudo Domini Sorrow Motet, Vox in Rama

Andreas de Silva (ca. 1475-ca. 1528) 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
Elizabeth Baber, Melissa Fogarty, Michele Kennedy, Dominique Surh - sopranos
Luthien Brackett, Silvie Jensen - mezzo-sopranos
Robert Isaacs - countertenor
Thom Baker, Neil Farrell, Michael Steinberger - tenors
Thomas McCargar, Jeffrey Johnson - baritones
Kurt-Owen Richards, Peter Stewart - basses