The Vox Renaissance Consort returns for an uplifting program of Renaissance motets, sacred choral works celebrating the Christian feast of Candlemas. As in our Renaissance Noël, the singers are joined by a small ensemble of period instruments and attired in lush Renaissance dress, making this delightful evening a feast for the eyes as well as for the ears.

Renaissance Candlemas 2024
Program

Prelude:
from Il primo libro, 1607
Sinfonia grave, Gagliarda detta la Narciso, Gagliarda detta Marchesino Salamone Rossi (1570?–ca. 1630)

Agnus Dei Andrea Gabrieli (1533–1585)
Ave Maria Claudio Merulo (1533–1604)
Hodie Beata Virgo Maria Jacques Arcadelt (1507–1568)

Interlude I:
Pavan and Galliard Augustine Bassano (before 1530? - 1604)

Adoramus Te (I) Orlando di Lasso (c.?1532–1594)
Adorna thalamum tuum Matteo Asola (1560–1609)
O lieber Herre Gott, wecke uns auf, SWV 381 Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
Rejoice in the Lord Alway Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Interlude II:
Sinfonias No. 5 and No.4 Leonora Duarte (1610 - 1678)

Magnificat, BuxWV Anh. 1 Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637–1707)
Nunc dimittis (from Second Service) William Byrd (c. 1540–1623)
Diffusa est gratia (Psalm 44:3) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)

Interlude III:
from Suite No. 5 in F-major, 1693
Marche, Bourrée, Chaconne Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657 - 1714)

Nun danket alle Gott Johann Pachelbel (c.1653–c. 1706)

Running time: 90 minutes – no intermission