Concert
RIAS Kammerchor Berlin
Choir Renaissance (like a Phoenix …)
Justin Doyle, conductor
Singing monks, France 14th century
With choral music from the Middle Ages to the early Baroque from England, Italy and the Franco-Flemish School, the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and its director Justin Doyle celebrate the return of choral music to concert life after the cultural hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Justin Doyle will travel back to the roots of choral music, joined by RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and organist Martin Baker. After the cultural hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Doyle and the choir’s singers will let music resound once more with this redesigned concert “Choir Renaissance (like a Phoenix …)”.
Starting from a monophonic melody composed by the mystic Hildegard of Bingen, they will journey together through the first Early Renaissance works for several voices, ultimately reaching the 16-voiced prime of polyphonic music through the centuries. They will perform works by Johann Bach, Giles Binchois, William Byrd, Antonio Caldara, Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa, Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, John Sheppard and Tomás Luís de Victoria.
Concert Programme
Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179)
O Virtus Sapientiae
Hymn for female voices
Orlando di Lasso (1532 – 1594)
Fulgebunt justi
Motet for two voices
Giles Binchois (around 1400 – 1460)
Veni creator spiritus
Progression for three voices on the Pentecost hymn
William Byrd (1539/40 or 1543 – 1623)
Sanctus
from: Mass for four voices
Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina (around 1525 – 1594)
Agnus Dei I & II
from: Missa Brevis
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (1566 – 1613)
Tristis est anima mea
Responsory for six voices
John Sheppard (around 1515 – 1558)
Libera nos II
Antiphon for seven voices
Tomás Luís de Victoria (around 1548 – 1611)
Ave Maria
Motet for two four-part choirs
Johann Bach (1604 – 1673)
Unser Leben ist ein Schatten
Motet for nine voices in two choirs
Antonio Caldara (1670 – 1736)
Crucifixus
for 16 voices
Organ improvisations
A Berliner Festspiele / Musikfest Berlin event in cooperation with RIAS Kammerchor Berlin.