Officium 1 – La Capella Reial · Hespèrion XXI · Savall      

PROGRAMME

TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA From the Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae (Office for Holy Week):
Dominica in Ramis Palmarum (Palm Sunday)
Feria quinta. In Coena Domini (Maundy Thursday)

INFORMATION

End of concert approx. 11:25 pm

PERFORMERS

Michael König, Speaker
Andrés Montilla-Acurero, Tenor
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall, Viola da Gamba

Jordi Savall, Musical concept and direction
Maria Bartels, Dramaturgical concept and text compilation


SERIES "Ouverture spirituelle · Passion"

• Mozart Matinee · Minasi
• Chamber Concert Faust · Goltz · Bezuidenhout
• St Luke Passion – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal · Nagano
• Gospel of Matthew (Film)
• Vienna Philharmonic · Andris Nelsons
• Klangforum Wien · Volkov · The Orlando Consort
• Levit · BR-Chor · Arman · Kopatchinskaja · Hinterhäuser
• Piano Sonatas – Hinterhäuser
• Collegium Vocale Gent · Herreweghe · Klangforum Wien · Volkov  
• Klangforum Wien · Volkov   
• Mass in B minor – Collegium Vocale Gent · Herreweghe
• San Giovanni Battista – Collegium 1704 · Luks
• Officium 2 – La Capella Reial · Hespèrion XXI · Savall      

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

The Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae – a collection of 37 sacred chants written for Holy Week (Rome, 1585) – is the important Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria’s (1548–1611) most famous work. The chants were intended to be sung at mass on Palm Sunday and during the three Tenebrae that were conducted from midnight until the early hours of the morning. Jordi Savall and his ensembles will be performing this rarely heard early masterpiece of western polyphony over two evenings (see also Officium 2 – La Capella Reial · Hespèrion XXI · Savall). Leading from the darkness into the light, the chants will be accompanied by spiritual texts on the theme of the ‘passion of the soul’.

PICTURE GALLERY

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