31 aug Domkerk 17:00

Dionysos Now!

Riddles noted in red guide the singers of international sensation Dionysos Now! through the five-part Missa Alleluia by Pierre de la Rue, favourite composer of Margaret of Austria. Note by note, they decipher the musical cryptograms in which the 'Alleluia' resounds as an echo of Easter. Between the parts of the mass, the chromatic chansons from Margaret's songbook pierce holes in the sky. A deep dive into manuscripts that travelled as diplomatic gifts from Mechelen to Vienna, Wittenberg and even the Vatican.

Programme

Pierre de la Rue

Missa Alleluia
Kyrie
Gloria

Pourquoy non

Misa Alleluia
Credo

Il viendra le jour désiré

Missa Alleluia
Sanctus

Doleo super te

Missa Alleluia
Agnus Dei

Ave Regina caelorum II

c1452-1518
Jacob Obrecht

Benedicamus in Laude Jesu

Programme subject to change

1457/58-1505

Musicians

Franz Vitzthum countertenor
Jan Petryka tenor
Ulfried Staber, Joachim Höchbauer bass
Tore Tom Denys musical direction, tenor

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Six voices, tons of experience, a cast-iron conviction and indefatigable drive: these are the assets behind Dionysos Now!, the Passion project launched in 2020 by Belgian tenor Tore Tom Denys. With Vienna as their home base and worldwide concert experience, the singers are relentlessly committed as ambassadors of the Franco-Flemish polyphonists. The starting point is always the original manuscripts and printed sources that bear the footprints of composers like Adriaen Willaert, Denys' fellow townsman and ultimate source of inspiration. But the ensemble's interpretations stand with both feet in the present, thanks to the cutting-edge vocal interplay and the immersive quality of the ensemble sound that rises from the individual parts like a cathedral of sound. With three recordings on vinyl dedicated to Willaert, the ensemble also opts for quality, durability and originality as regards their discography.