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In this programme, The Cappella Singers presented a Passiontide
selection of sacred gems from the 17th and 18th
centuries.
There were motets by Claudio Monteverdi (Christe, Adoramus
te) and Carlo Gesualdo (O vos omnes); two beautiful
plainsong melodies associated with Holy Week (Pange lingua dolorosa and
Vexilla Regis); and two works by Gregorio Allegri: a
little known setting of verses from The Lamentations of Jeremiah and
Miserere mei, Deus
- not the most
well-known edition, but one believed by many to be more authentic.
The organist was Robert Dixon, Organ Scholar at
Gloucester Cathedral, who played the
Toccata Recercar chromatico
and Toccata per l'Elevatione,
both by Girolamo Frescobaldi, who lived
in Rome at the same time as
Gregorio
Allegri.
The concert began and ended with choral settings of the
Crucifixus - first Antonio Lotti's in eight parts
and finally Antonio Caldara's in sixteen.
Refreshments during the interval were kindly organised by the Church |
