Grazie in Grazia

There could be no better way to conclude our year than to present Monteverdi’s great mass of thanksgiving, after plague had once again ravaged Europe. Great art comes from great hardship, and in presenting this work, we acknowledge the great hardship we as the human race have collectively endured over the last two years of our lives. We give thanks to Monteverdi whose selfless act of composition has given us this heartfelt and consoling work.

Part 1 of our program begins in Italy with Monteverdi, interposed with works by other titans of the Venetian Renaissance, Marini and Gabrieli. Part 2 takes us on a journey to Germany through the music of Heinrich Schütz, Monteverdi’s great pupil and teacher of J.S. Bach. We end the year with the one composer who is our greatest inspiration, and whose ability to console and bring joy surpasses all others. J.S. Bach’s mighty Christmas Cantata ‘Christen, atzet diesen Tag’ BWV 63 is a true celebration of the spirit of Christmas and thanksgiving.

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• Program

  PART I: ITALIA

  Monteverdi

  Messa a quattro voci da cappella ‘Selva morale e spirituale’
  Introitus Chant
  Kyrie 
  Gloria

  Marini

  Per ogni sorte di strumenti musicale, Op. 22: Passacaglio
  Credo

  Merula

  Canzoni da suonare, Book 4, Op. 17: Canzon decima settima, ‘La Monteverde’
  Sanctus
  Benedictus

  Gabrieli

  Canzona due a quattro 1608
  Agnus Dei

  Monteverdi

  Cantate Domino

  PART II: GERMANY 

  Heinrich Schütz

  Alleluja! Lobet den Herren

  J.S. Bach

  Cantata ‘Christen, ätzet diesen Tag’ BWV 63