Date/Time
Date(s) - 19 Mar 2016
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location
Cloisters
Category(ies) No Categories
Concerts at The Met Cloisters presents…
Pomerium
Passion and Resurrection Motets of the Renaissance
Saturday, March 19 at 1 pm & 3 pm
The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters
Pomerium performs its exploration of the great Renaissance choral music of Passiontide and Easter. The program proceeds from Palm Sunday to Easter Day with an emphasis on music for Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Stylistically, the program progresses from the austerity of Gregorian chant and its polyphonic elaborations by Du Fay and Senfl, to the intense Lamentations by Robert White and affective evocations of the events of Holy Week by Monteverdi and Gesualdo, to the celebration of the Resurrection in glorious motets by Orlande de Lassus and William Byrd.
POMERIUM, founded by Alexander Blachly in New York in 1972 to perform music composed for the famed chapel choirs of the Renaissance, is widely known for its interpretations of Du Fay, Ockeghem, Josquin, Palestrina, Lassus, and Gesualdo.
Tickets:
$40, includes Museum admission
$20 for current students with ID for tickets purchased at the door – availability limited
For tickets: call the MetLiveArts box office at 212-396-3949 or visitmetmuseum.org