Vokalpracht aus Florenz

In the organizer's words:

Program:
Alessandro Striggio: Mass for 40 voices (a festive service for St. John's Day in Florence with Alessandro Striggio's "Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno", supplemented by music by Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Corteccia and Orazio Benevoli)

When polychoral music was all the rage in Italy in the late Renaissance, starting in Venice, the pomp-loving Medici in Florence also used this monumental musical style to emphasize their worldly power. The music played in the majestic cathedral on St. John's Day (June 24) was particularly magnificent in order to pay homage to the city's patron saint. Francesco Corteccia, the cathedral chapel master, put together a solemn mass for this occasion in the mid-16th century. Alessandro Striggio contributed the majority with his "Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno" for five eight-part choirs, commissioned by Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici. Hervé Niquet and his formidable vocal and instrumental ensemble Le Concert Spirituel artfully complement this mass with Striggio's motet "Ecce beatam lucem" and music by Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Corteccia and Orazio Benevoli. The result is a fictitious reconstruction of a pompous festive service on a spectacular scale, in which the artfully interwoven voices promise a beguilingly resounding universal sound experience.

Le Concert Spirituel vocal and instrumental ensemble
Hervé Niquet Conductor

Please note: In category 5 the view is partially restricted.

Price information:

€ 65 / 55 / 45 / 35 / 18 (discount 20 %)