Thursday, September 26, 9 p.m.
St. Florian’s Church

Responsorium Ensemble

Roman Melish, cantus
Andrés Montilla-Acurero, altus
Lior Leibovici, quintus
Marco Saccardin, tenor
Darko Solter, bassus
Sarah Dubus, cornetto
Silvio Richter, violin
Ádám Jakab, alto trombone
Tin Cugelj, tenor trombone
James Wigfull, basso trombone
Augustin Mršić, viola da gamba
Mario Penzar, organo di legno

 

CROATIAN MUSICAL HERITAGE

 

Programme:

 

Tomaso Cecchini
Psalmi, missa et alia cantica op.14

INTROITUS
Claudio Merulo: Canzon XVIII a 5 *

Beatus vir qui timet Dominum Sexti Toni
Cantemus Domino
Confitebor tibi Domine Tertii Toni

INTERMEDIO
Giovanni Gabrielli: Canzon I a 5 *
Missa (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei)
Confitemini Domino

Dixit Dominus Domino Primi Toni
Iesum omnes agnoscite

INTERMEDIO
Vincentio Jelich: Ricercar Primo **

Laudate pueri Dominum Ottavi Toni
Surge propera amica mea

INTERMEDIO
Costanzo Antegnati: Canzon XX La Moranda *

Magnificat Anima mea Secundi Toni
Laudate Dominum

 

* Alessandro Raverij: Canzoni per Sonare con ogni sorte di Stromenti a Quattro, Cinque e Otto… (Venecija, 1608.)
** Vincentio Jelich: Parnassia militia concertuu unius, duarum, trium et quatuor vocum… (Strasbourg, 1622.)

 

About performer:

 

Responsorium Ensemble is dedicated to the study and interpretation of vocal and instrumental repertoire of the seventeenth century, with special emphasis on older Croatian musical heritage pieces. It operates in accordance with the principles of historically-based performance rules of early music, using replicas of authentic instruments and respecting science-based stylistic guidelines. In search of the authentic sound of the ensemble had participated in a number of successful projects including several premieres of contemporary works of Croatian Baroque composers. The proof of intensive musicological activities ensemble is a compact disc Tomaso Cecchini: Madrigali et canzonette a tre voci 1617 (Croatia Records, 2017), which was published on the occasion of 400 anniversary of the print collection. Responsorium Ensemble regularly collaborates with renowned international performers of early music and their commitment and joyfull performance is shared with faithful audience, playing at numerous festivals in the country (Varazdin Baroque Evenings, Music Evenings in st. Donat; Concerts in; Dvigrad festival; BaRoMus festival) and abroad ( Austria, Germany, Denmark, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia).