El Siglo De Oro: Chant and Polyphony of Renaissance Spain

In El Siglo de Oro (The Century of Gold) Lionheart explores rarely performed sacred music of 16th century Spain associated with the tolerant, multi-cultural city of Toledo: from the cosmopolitan sonorities of Cristóbal Morales to the playful Andalusian exuberance of Francisco Guerrero's Canciones y Villanescas Espirituales. This concentrated, mystical music thrived in the Old World and gained a wide, accepting audience in the New World. The program will feature motets, Gregorian chants, spiritual songs and villanescas, and as its centerpiece, Morales' rarely heard Missa 'Ave Maria.' Specifically, repertoire will include: Cristobal Morales (c. 1500-1553): Missa "Ave Maria" (1544), "Missus est Gabriel" (1542), Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599): Selections from Canciones y villanescas espirituales (1589), and Gregorian Chants for the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25).

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