Details
St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England
Programme
Antoine Brumel – Lamentations of Jeremiah for Good Friday
Performers
Musica Secreta
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Programme Note
Full programme
Antoine Brumel: Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae, in feria sexta Parasceve
Antoine Brumel: Heth. Cogitavit Dominus
Antoine Brumel: Joth. Sederunt in terra
Antoine Brumel: Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt
Antoine Brumel: Nun. Prophetæ tui viderunt
Antoine Brumel:Gimel. Circumædificavit adversum me
Anon.: Salve Regina
Antonio Moro: Sancta Maria succurre miseris
Anon.: Adoramus te Christe / Domine Iesu Christe
Anon.: Ave maris stella
Anon.: Jesus autem jejunasset
Anon.: Ecce nunc tempus
Anon.: Venite benedicti Patris
Anon.: Multiplicati sunt qui tribulant me
Anon.: Haec dies quam fecit Dominus
Attrib. Leonora D’Este: Vespere autem sabbati
Musica Secreta present the London premiere of a major new discovery, the complete setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah for Good Friday by Antoine Brumel. It has been known for many years in a much abbreviated form, but the complete work, found in a 16th-century manuscript by Musica Secreta’s co-director Laurie Stras, reveals a monumental and dramatic allegory of the Passion story. The programme also features rare gems of Lenten polyphony from a Florentine convent
