Date/Time
Date(s) - 20 Dec 2015
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location
The Cloisters
Category(ies) No Categories
Lionheart
Veni Emmanuel: Chant and Polyphony for Advent and Christmas
The seven “O” Antiphons for the Magnificat at Vespers on the days leading up to Christmas—familiar from the verses of the hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”—are heard here in their original Gregorian melody; in organum (medieval improvised polyphony); woven into a five-part setting by Lionheart member Richard Porterfield; and in settings by Arvo Pärt augmented by two Renaissance settings of the Magnificat. Along with polyphonic motets by Morales, Francisco Guerrero, and Tomás Luis de Victoria, these works lead the listener from the penitent expectation of Advent to the joyful fulfillment of Christmas.
$45 ($22 student rates) at 1 and 3pm on Sunday, December 20. For tickets, please visit www.metmuseum.org/cloisters.