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Requiem by Eustache du Caurroy (1549-1609) Chalice Consort will open its 2011-2012 season with Requiem by Eustache du Caurroy (c.1549-1609) in November; directed by our artistic director, Davitt Moroney. The famous musical setting of the text of the Requiem Mass by the French composer Eustache du Caurroy is one of the finest of all Requiem settings. It was written in about 1590 and was performed at the funeral of the French king Henri IV. It was then used as a sort of “official requiem” at the funeral of subsequent French kings until the French Revolution. Du Caurroy is now largely forgotten, but recently (thanks to the 400th anniversary of his death in 2009) there has been a distinct renewal of interest in his music. In his day, he was considered a consummate master of the polyphonic style and the greatest French composer of the late Renaissance. His suave melodic lines and sublime harmonies are placed entirely at the service of meaningful declamation of the words. In this, he is the perfect French counterpart to Byrd in England, Victoria in Spain, Lassus in Germany, and Palestrina in Italy.
Du Caurroy’s Requiem is one of the highest moments in the history of Catholic church music. It was composed under the influence of the ideas of the Counter Reformation, which saw music as a kind of prayer. The musical setting is intended to guide attentive listeners towards an intense meditation on the words. This approach is still possible for 21st-century audiences (including non Catholics and all non believers). In the case of the Requiem, the intense musical meditation is fundamentally existential. It becomes a reflection on the universal themes of the frailty of human Life and our reconciliation with the universal inexorability of Death. ~Davitt Moroney
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Tomàs Luis da Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories
"Ever since their publication in 1585, Tomás Luis da Victoria’s famous eighteen Responsories for the Holy Week Tenebrae service have been considered one of the highest points of expressive music of the High Renaissance.
They are very rarely performed as a set, but have an extraordinarily powerful emotional effect when heard together, as in Chalice Consort’s performance this week. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear profound music of great drama and passion." ~Davitt Moroney
The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption presents Chalice Consort
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Chalice Consort Early Music Conference - 4/14/2012 Chalice Consort is pleased to announce the second Chalice Consort Early Music Conference (CCEMC) , which brings together performers, scholars, and listeners of early music to examine newly-discovered and edited sacred music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, and select two pieces from those heard at the conference will be performed at a future concert by the Chalice Consort. The EMSC, as part of the CCEMC, is calling for newly discovered and transcribed (i.e. never published or publicly performed) musical works from anywhere in the world that complement the focal piece of the annual conference, which will be reviewed by early music directors, Chalice Consort, and attendees at the CCEMC. For the 2011 conference, the focal piece will be TBA. Chalice Consort will screen all the music scores submitted and select the top five pieces to present at the CCEMC on April 14, 2012. At the CCEMC, Chalice Consort will sing the five selected pieces under the direction of highly respected early music directors. The performers and attendees of the conference will discuss the works and vote for their favorite piece, which will then be performed by Chalice Consort. The 2012 premieres will be part of an upcoming Chalice Consort concert. You can read more about the EMSC here and the CCEMC here. April 14 2012 - 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m; doors open at 9:30am Online registration will open February 2012. Early Bird Rates (purchase by 03/14/12 or if paying by check, it should be post marked by the 14th) Regular Rates NOTE: All tickets at the door are $50. If you want to pay by check, please email chaliceconsort@yahoo.com to receive instruction on where to mail the check. |
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Chalice Consort Spring Concert The program for this concert will include the focal piece from the Chalice Consort Early Music Conference 2012 and the winning piece from the conference.
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