Cantar Lontano / Marco Mencoboni
Iberian vespers for Mary
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Recorded live at TivoliVredenburg / Grote Zaal, Utrecht, 26 August 2024
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About this concert
When the sunlight gives way to dancing little candle flames, it is time for the vespers - the evening round of the liturgy of the hours that have echoed in Christian churches for centuries. By dispelling the darkness, the vespers emphasise the symbolism of the Lux Christi: the embodiment of the eternal hope of salvation.
Traditionally, psalmody has been one of the main ingredients of the vespers. Each of the five psalms is preceded by a Gregorian antiphon and followed by a musical reflection. Each feast day also has its own hymn, which is paired with a Magnificat. Marco Mencoboni sought out all the pieces of the puzzle for this Iberian Marian Vespers, with glowing polyphony by Cristóbal de Morales, Diego Ortiz, Tomás Luis de Victoria and Francisco Guerrero.
Programme
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Plainchant
Deus in adjutorium
Antifoon: Ave Maria -
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Dixit Dominus a 8
1548-1611 -
Diego Ortiz
Salve Regina a 4
ca. 1510-c1570 -
Plainchant
Antifoon: In Odorem
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Confitebor tibi domine
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Cristóbal de Morales
Sancta et Immaculata
ca. 1500-1553 -
Plainchant
Antiphon: Cum esse parvula
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Laetatus sum a 12
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Diego Ortiz
Regina Coeli a 4
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Plainchant
Antiphon: Speciosa facta es
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Francisco Guerrero
Lauda Jerusalem
1528-1599 -
Diego Ortiz
Sancta et immaculata a 6
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Plainchant
Antiphon: Beata Mater
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Diego Ortiz
Laudate Dominum
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Cristóbal de Morales
Benedicta tu a 4
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Francisco Guerrero
Ave Maris Stella a 4 alternatim
(from: Liber vesperarum) -
Plainchant
Antiphon: Beatam me dicent
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Cristóbal de Morales
Magnificat
(from: Magnificat omnitonum cum quatuor vocibus, Venice 1562) -
Plainchant
Beatam me dicent
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Diego Ortiz
Alma Redemptoris Mater a 6
Musicians
- Sonia Tedla, Maria Dalia Albertini soprano
- Cristina D'Alessandro mezzo-soprano
- Marta Fumagalli, Alessandro Carmignani, Elena Biscuola alto
- Riccardo Pisani, Andres Montilla, Massimo Altieri, Carlos Negrin tenor
- Davide Benetti, Gabriele Lombardi, Marco Scavazza bass
- Andrea Inghisciano cornetto
- Fabio De Cataldo, Susanna Defendi, Valerio Mazzucconi, David Joseph Yacus trombone
- Giovanni Bellini lute
- Mauro Colantonio viola da gamba
- Daniele Rosi violone
- Nicola Lamon organ
- Marco Mencoboni musical direction
About the performers
Cantar Lontano was founded by harpsichordist Marco Mencoboni. The ensemble made its debut at the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht in 2007 with Diego Ortiz’ Vespers, and has since been a welcome guest. Cantar Lontano pays special attention to using the space in which the ensemble is performing, which means that each concert turns out subtly different. Mencoboni and his Cantar Lontano were artist in residence at the 2019 festival.