One of the world’s leading a cappella ensembles, the renowned German vocal quintet is legendary for its unique tone, breathtaking homogeneity, musical authenticity and a good dose of charm and humor. Enjoy a diverse program ranging from medieval plainsong to madrigals, Renaissance masses and works of the European Romantic period.

PROGRAM:

THE NATURE OF WOMEN: Renaissance Research 

VAGH’ AMOROSI
Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/57 – 1612)
Il terzo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, con alcuni di Giovanni Gabrieli, Venice 1589
 
 AMOR, /I’HO MOLTI
Luca Marenzio (1553/4 – 1599)
Il nono libro de madrigali (Venice, 1599) 
 
FAULTE D’ARGENT
 Josquin des Préz (c. 1455 – 1521)
Florenz MS Basevi 2442
 
JE NE ME PUIS TENIR D’AIMER
 Josquin des Préz (c. 1455 – 1521)
 Pierre Attaignant 1549 (J681)
 
COSÌ MORIR DEBB’IO,  SWV 5
Heinrich Schütz (1585 – 1672)
Il Primo Libro de Madrigali, Venice 1611
 
LUCIA, CELU
Orlando di Lasso (c. 1532 – 1594)
Libro de villanelle, moresche, et altre canzoni, Paris 1581 

NATURE AND MUSIC: Romantic Approaches 

LEISE, LEISE LASST UNS SINGEN,  D 635
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
 
DER LINDENBAUM  OP. 89 D 911/5
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
 
MORGENSTÄNDCHEN OP. 48/1
Max Bruch (1838 – 1920)
 
HERBSTGESANG (1885) 

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839 – 1901)


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THE POWER OF WATER: Contemporary Contemplations 

SEASCAPES (2019)  written for amarcord 
Steven Sametz (*1954)
Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd (Walt Whitman)
The Ocean (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Young Sea (Carl Sandburg) 

FOLKS & TALES: International Folksongs (by announcement)