Cantar Lontano

Cantar Lontano

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

• Plainchant

  Deus in audiutorium 
  Antiphon: Ave Maria o brano di organo?

• Tomás Luis de Victoria

  Dixit Dominus a 8 

  1548-1611 
• Diego Ortiz

  Salve Regina a 4 

  c1510-c1570 
• Plainchant

  Antiphon: In Odorem 

• Francisco Guerrero

  Laudate Pueri 
  (from: Liber vesperarum, Rome 1584) 

  1528-1599 
• Cristóbal de Morales

  Sancta et Immaculata 

  c1500-1553 
• Plainchant

  Antiphon: Cum esse parvula

• Tomás Luis de Victoria

  Laetatus sum a 12 

• Diego Ortiz

  Regina Coeli a 4 

• Plainchant

  Antiphon: Speciosa facta es

• Francisco Guerrero

  Nisi Dominus a 8 
  (from: Liber vesperarum) 

• Diego Ortiz

  Sancta et immaculata a 6

• Plainchant

  Antiphon: Beata Mater

• Francisco Guerrero

  Lauda Jerusalem 
  (from: Liber vesperarum) 

• Cristóbal de Morales

  Benedicta tu a 4

• Francisco Guerrero

  Ave Maris Stella a 4 alternatim 
  (from: Liber vesperarum) 

• Plainchant

  Antiphon: Beatam me dicent

• Cristóbal de Morales

  Magnificat 
  (from: Magnificat omnitonum cum quatuor vocibus, Venice 1562) 

• Plainchant

  Beatam me dicent

• Diego Ortiz

  Alma Redemptoris Mater a 6 

  Programme subject to change 

Musicians

• Sonia Tedla, Maria Dalia Albertini soprano
• Cristina D'Alessandro mezzo-soprano
• Marta Fumagalli, Alessandro Carmignani alto
• Riccardo Pisani, Andres Montilla, Massimo Altieri, Alberto Allegrezza tenor
• Davide Benetti, Gabriele Lombardi, Marco Scavazza bass
• Andrea Inghisciano cornetto
• Fabio De Cataldo, Susanna Defendi, Valerio Mazzucconi, David Joseph Yacus trombone
• Massimiliano Dragoni percussion
• Giovanni Bellini theorbo
• Mauro Colantonio viola da gamba
• Daniele Rosi violone
• Nicola Lamon organ
• Marco Mencoboni musical direction