This program pays tribute to the two major female figures of the Gospels: Mary, mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene, inexhaustible sources of inspiration for composers of the Renaissance.

The thread of this concert, a tribute to two great female figures, is first woven through the evocation of the Virgin Mary’s tears at the foot of the Cross, and those of Mary Magdalene at the tomb. This opening section presents some of the most beautiful pages of Italian and Spanish Renaissance polyphony, notably Lobo’s sublime Versa est in luctum, Lotti’s Crucifixus, and Allegri’s magnificent Miserere.

After Victoria’s grand Missa Salve Regina for eight voices, spatialized polyphonies for 4, 6, and 8 voices alternate with beautiful Gregorian antiphons.

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