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MISSA CAPUT AND OTHER ENGLISH SUPRISES WITH GUEST CONDUCTOR LEON CARAPETYAN

Sunday, October 21, 2007, 3:30 PM
Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt
$12 regular; $8 student/senior

Fifteenth and sixteenth century English music, including music of John Dunstable in the 15th century, and with an emphasis on the motets of Thomas Tallis in the 16th. There will also be some of the madrigalian motets of John Amner, a late 16th century composer who died in 1641. These are quite delightful pieces. (Maybe that's a surprise too.)

CHRISTMAS IN NEW SPAIN: LITURGICAL AND POPULAR MUSIC FROM BAROQUE MEXICO

Tuesday, December 18, 2007, 7:30 PM
Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt
$12 regular; $8 student/senior

At a time when church music in New England consisted solely of unaccompanied psalms, the cathedrals of Puebla and Mexico City cultivated the rich musical heritage of Catholic Spain. Both Latin liturgical music and Spanish villancicos were imported from the Old World, and composers who emigrated to the New World, produced remarkable and appealing works in Baroque style. At the same time, the stories and rhythms of the native peoples of Mexico and the slaves from Africa influenced new compositions in this vibrant culture, where celebration of the birth of Jesus was a spectacular event.

MUSIC FROM THE HABSBURG-BURGUNDIAN COURT: SACRED AND SECULAR MUSIC OF PIERRE DE LA RUE (C. 1450-1518)

Sunday, May 4, 2008, 3:30 PM
Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt
$12 for adults, $8 for students and senior citizens

Better known in his own day than in ours, Pierre de la Rue rivalled Josquin des Prez in his skills of composition. As court composer, he wrote 32 Masses for the church year, including one of the earliest polyphonic Requiem Masses. Some of his remarkable chansons may have been composed for his patron, Marguerite of Austria, who was responsible for perserving much of his music. The concert will sample both sacred and secular compositions while featuring the richly somber tones of the Requiem Mass.