Mass for double choir a cappella

‘Nocturne of Loss and Hope’
Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht

Marbrianus de Orto Lamentation: Guimel
Plainchant Nos autem gloriari oportet
Frank Martin Mass for double choir a cappella: Kyrie
Orlandus Lassus Répons des ténèbres: In monte Oliveti
Frank Martin Mass for double choir a cappella: Gloria
Thomas Aquinas Pange lingua
Anonymous Tantum ergo
Arvo Pärt Canticle of Simeon: Nunc Dimittis
Thomas Tallis Jeremiah’s lament for Holy Friday: Aleph
Plainchant Popule meus/Hagyos O Theos
Frank Martin Mass for double choir a cappella: Credo (i)
Plainchant Crux fidelis
Knut Nystedt Antienne: O Crux
Christóbal de Morales Lamentatio: Zain
Frank Martin Mass for double choir a cappella: Credo (ii)
Plainchant Alleluia/Pascha nostrum
William Byrd Terra tremuit
Plainchant Victimae paschali laudes
Frank Martin Mass for double choir a cappella: Sanctus
Anonymous Psalm 112: Alleluia/Laudate pueri Dominum
Frank Martin Mass for double choir a cappella: Agnus Dei

La Tempête draws us into the night, through the quiet days before Easter – where loss and hope lie close together. During the liturgy of the Triduum Sacrum – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday – the Easter ritual is performed step by step.
Gregorian chants and Renaissance motets by Orlandus Lassus, Thomas Tallis and Cristóbal de Morales meet the serene sound world of Arvo Pärt and the double-choir Mass by Frank Martin. Two choirs move through the space, embrace the audience, and turn the music into an experience – a nocturnal journey of the soul in which times and styles merge.

photo: La Tempête © Hubert Caldagues