Concert of Spiritual Masterworks of Italian Masters
performed by the CHARTER OAK ENSEMBLE
of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Adrian Sylveen, artistic director
Il Tramonto…………Ottorino Respighi
Stabat Mater………Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Limited parking is available.
Sponsored by the Renaissance Chorus Association, known also as RenChorNY.
When Leo X was elected Pope (1513-1521) Vatican Choir had a manuscript of Josquin desPrez c.1450-1521 whose(c.1498) Missa “de Beata Virgine” is featured. Pope Leo had a collection of motets made for his nephew the Duke of Urbino on the occasion of his 1518 wedding, the gift known in history as the “Medici Codex”. The composers apparently chosen by Jean Mouton (1459-1522), whose work was known and sung for Christmas, along with Antoine Brumel (c1475-1520); later composers also will be presented such as Cristobal Morales (c1500-1553), The earliest composer will be Johannes Martini (c.1432-1492), Whose Magnificat (tone2) is part of the Liturgy. Others rarely presented include Andreas deSilva
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A jazz master in a rare setting.
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He will play works by J.S. Bach, Schubert, Chopin and more.
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