Renaissance Lamentations - Jan. 15-17 in Boston
Exsultemus
Settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah from England, France, Italy, and
Mexico plus La Rue’s Considera Israel and Andrea Gabrieli’s lament on the
death of Adrian Willaert.
Friday, January 15 at 8pm at Union Church of Waban, 14 Collins Road in
Newton
Saturday, January 16 at 8pm at University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop
Street in Harvard Square, Cambridge
Sunday, January 17 at 3pm at First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley
Street in the Back Bay
The Lamentations of Jeremiah appear in the old Catholic liturgy only once a
year—during Holy Week—but the vivid imagery of the texts became a favorite
source of inspiration to Renaissance composers. Settings of the
Lamentations became as popular as Masses, Magnificats, and Requiems, with
the most famous examples today by Tallis and Victoria. Acclaimed vocal
ensemble Exsultemus rekindles the inspirational spark of this music with
lesser-known Lamentations settings by Robert White, Antoine Brumel, Alfonso
Ferrabosco, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Pedro Bermúdez, , plus La
Rue’s interpretation of the Lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan, and
Andrea Gabrieli's lament on the death of Adrian Willaert.
Tickets: $15, $25, $35; $5 off for students and seniors
857-998-0219 and www.exsultemus.org