Evento

Central City Chorus presents "The Cecilian Movement"

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Agnus Dei (from Missa brevis), Canite tuba, Improperium expectavit, Stabat Mater, Super flumina Babylonis
Tomás Luis de Victoria - Ne timeas Maria
Anton Bruckner - Ave Maria, Christus factus est, Locus iste, Os justi, Virga Jesse
Josef Rheinberger - Kyrie (from Cantus missæ)

Central City Chorus
Phillip Cheah

Saturday, March 17 at 7 p.m.
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church (West 87th Street between Broadway and West End Avenue in Manhattan)

The Cecilian Movement for church music reform in the second half of the 19th century was a reaction to the liberalization of the Enlightenment where the musical styles of Catholic masses had become more operatic in nature and augmented by the use of orchestral instruments, while Gregorian Chant had all but vanished. Its primary goal was the promotion of singing sacred music a cappella, reviving the Renaissance polyphonic style of Palestrina, Victoria, Lassus, Anerio, et al. The youthful Bruckner was greatly influenced by the Ignaz Traumihler, music director of the Augustinian monastery at St. Florian in Austria, who had subscribed to the Cecilian Movement. Bruckners compositional style reflects hallmarks of the movement with his mastery of counterpoint and use of a spare, archaic choral language.

Palestrina is perhaps the most famous and well-regarded composer of 16th century sacred music; his work is often viewed as the culmination of Renaissance polyphony, earning him the moniker Prince of Music.

Tickets are $25 ($20 student/seniors) at the door and $20 in advance. For more information, please visit www.centralcitychorus.org.