| 2008-2009 Season |
| The Church of Saint Ignatius of Antioch West End Avenue & 87th Street New York Pre-concert presentations 7:00P.M. |
| Reservations and information 917-838-4636 info@polyhymnia-nyc.org |
| Tickets $25, $15 (Students, Seniors, & EMA) |
| Chapel Royal The Restoration of Splendour to Anglican Liturgy from Elizabeth I to Charles I Anthems and Service music by Tallis, Parsons, Byrd, Gibbons, Weelkes & Tomkins Saturday, November 8th, 2008 8 PM Pre-Concert Lecture at 7:00 PM The Rev'd Dr. Andrew C. Blume |
| Exequias Cristobal de Morales Officium Defunctorum Missa Defunctorum a5 Funeral Motets Saturday, March 14, 2009, 8 PM Pre -Concert lecture at 7:00 PM Dr. Andrew Kirkman |
The English Chapel Royal, founded in the 14th-century, is
considered the cradle of English Church music. The
reformation may have replaced Latin, but the music composed
for the new English rite was no less splendid. Though cautious
at first, composers like Tallis and Sheppard seized upon the
opportunity to create new music for the nascent church and
later composers like Byrd, Gibbons and Tomkins, secure with
the new genres, achieved greatness in a truly English style.
considered the cradle of English Church music. The
reformation may have replaced Latin, but the music composed
for the new English rite was no less splendid. Though cautious
at first, composers like Tallis and Sheppard seized upon the
opportunity to create new music for the nascent church and
later composers like Byrd, Gibbons and Tomkins, secure with
the new genres, achieved greatness in a truly English style.
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Heinrich Isaac and Ludwig Senfl, teacher and
pupil were two of the most important composers
in the German speaking lands of the first years of
the 16th-Century, Influenced by Josquin, yet
employing their own inventiveness against the
backdrop of the emerging Lutheran Reformation,
and contentious German Princes, these two
composers provided music for the liturgies and
state occasions of Maximilian I in a time of
religious and political upheaval. Join us on a
journey through the German speaking lands of the
Holy Roman Empire, from Constanz to Innsbruck,
from Augsburg to Vienna, following in the
footsteps of Maximilian and his court chapel
pupil were two of the most important composers
in the German speaking lands of the first years of
the 16th-Century, Influenced by Josquin, yet
employing their own inventiveness against the
backdrop of the emerging Lutheran Reformation,
and contentious German Princes, these two
composers provided music for the liturgies and
state occasions of Maximilian I in a time of
religious and political upheaval. Join us on a
journey through the German speaking lands of the
Holy Roman Empire, from Constanz to Innsbruck,
from Augsburg to Vienna, following in the
footsteps of Maximilian and his court chapel
| Master & Pupil Music of Heinrich Isaac & Ludwig Senfl Missa Virgo Prudentissima Motets for the Church & State Saturday May 9th, 2009 8 PM Pre-Concert Lecture at 7:00 PM |
Funerals for royalty and prominent members of
Spanish society were celebrated with great
reverence and lavish ceremony. The
processions, offices and masses of the dead
united the senses with the aroma of incense, the
somber beauty of liturgical apparel, and the
intense, moving music of the great Iberian
composers. The exequias of important persons
required music of the highest order, and
composers like Cristóbal de Morales composed
the best the world could offer. Journey with us
on a musical and liturgical pilgrimage as we
present Morales’ glorious setting of the
Mass for the Dead along with chants and motets
from the Siglo de Oro of Spanish Cathedral
music.
Spanish society were celebrated with great
reverence and lavish ceremony. The
processions, offices and masses of the dead
united the senses with the aroma of incense, the
somber beauty of liturgical apparel, and the
intense, moving music of the great Iberian
composers. The exequias of important persons
required music of the highest order, and
composers like Cristóbal de Morales composed
the best the world could offer. Journey with us
on a musical and liturgical pilgrimage as we
present Morales’ glorious setting of the
Mass for the Dead along with chants and motets
from the Siglo de Oro of Spanish Cathedral
music.
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