Morir non puó
[It Cannot Die]:
The Living Legacy of Renaissance Music
March 16, 2024
3:00 pm
University of Pittsburgh
Bradford Campus
Bradford, PA
March 16, 2024
3:00 pm
Musica Spei (Music of Hope) presents a sweeping introduction to the wide variety of music written during the Renaissance in Europe. From a Late Medieval chant and a mass movement based upon that chant to Italian madrigals and a funeral dirge from the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia, we’ll share music you’ve never heard before, along with informal commentaries on the music and how we work together as a non-directed choral ensemble.
O Sacrum Convivium: Music for Passiontide
Good Friday
March 29, 2024
7:30 pm
St. Anne Church
1600 Mt. Hope Ave.
Rochester
Musica Spei joins with Alex Little (Organist/Choir Director, St. Anne Church) and several soloists in a one-hour program of contemplative music for Good Friday.
Beware the Armed Man:
A Popular Song Invades Renaissance Sacred Music.
Friday, May 31, 2024
7:30 pm
St. Mary Church
5 Clark Street
Auburn, NY
Saturday, June 1, 2024
8:00 pm
St. Anne Church
1600 Mt. Hope Ave
Rochester
The Late Medieval tune L’homme armé (The Armed Man) was so popular at the beginning of the 15th century that there were over 40 masses written which incorporated the tune in some way. Musica Spei presents a concert featuring sounds of the early Renaissance, written before 1480. We present multiple gems, including mass settings and songs based on L’homme armé. Composers include Dufay, Josquin, Compere and Ockeghem, as well as several who are virtually unknown to modern audiences.