Sometimes our expectations are overwhelmed, leaving us thunderstruck. Join Tactus of San Francisco for our second anniversary concert, as we present Renaissance choral motets about anticipation and wonder: from the quivering hope of the bridegroom to the astonishment of the Resurrection. Our offerings range from the celestially serene music of Post-Tridentine Roman composer Palestrina, to the pictorial and lively motets of Guerrero and Byrd, with organ interludes by Eugene Petrushansky.
St Joseph of Arimathea 2316 Bowditch Street Berkeley, CA |
Concert program: [PDF]
| Organ prelude: Capriccio cromatico | Girolamo Frescobaldi |
| Quae est ista | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
| Dum transisset sabbatum | John Taverner |
| Organ interlude: Selected Gavottes from French Overture | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Descendi in hortum meum | Cipriano de Rore |
| Nigra sum sed formosa | Jean L'Heritier |
| Organ interlude: Balletto - Corrente in B-flat major | Girolamo Frescobaldi |
| Maria Magdalene | Francisco Guerrero |
| Haec dies | William Byrd |
| Organ postlude: Ricercar III from Libro di capricci e ricercati | Johann Jakob Froberger |