Tuesday, September 27
St. Florian Church, 6 p.m.

Ensemble Responsorium
Matteo Pigato, cantus
Daniel Elgersma, altus
Florian Michael Cramer, tenor
Darko Solter, bassus
Silvio Richter, baroque violin
Natalie Carducci, baroque violin
Tin Cugelj,  tenor trombone and artistic leadership
Maximilien Brisson, bass trombone
Augustin Mršić, viola da gamba
Rui Staehelin, theorbo
Mario Penzar, organo di legno

Programme:

Croatian Music Heritage

Hieronimus Talonus Polensis
marian motetes from opus Hieronimus Talonus Puljanin

Giovanni Paolo Cima
Sonata à 4
(iz Concerti ecclesiastici, Milano, 1610.)

Hieronimus Talonus Polensis
Gaudeamus omnes
(iz Armonicus Parnasus, Rim, 1628.)

Missa Ave maris stella
Kyrie / Gloria
(iz Armonicus Parnasus, Rim, 1628.)

Ad Conceptionem: Adiuro vos
(iz Motecta, psalmi vespertini completorium, Rim, 1629.)

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei: Pastores loquebantur
(iz Armonicus Parnasus, Rim, 1628.)

Missa Ave maris stella
Credo
(iz Armonicus Parnasus, Rim, 1628.)

Hieronymo Bassano
Fantasia terza à 5
(Oxford Christ Church, Ms. Mus. 716-20, c.1580.)

Hieronimus Talonus Polensis
Ad Purificationem: Quae est ista
(iz Motecta, psalmi vespertini completorium, Rim, 1629.)

Ad Visitationem: Magnificat
(iz Armonicus Parnasus, Rim, 1628.)

Ad Annuntiationem: Suscipe verbum Virgo Maria
(iz Armonicus Parnasus, Rim, 1628.)

Missa Ave maris stella: Sanctus
(iz Armonicus Parnasus, Rim, 1628.)

Girolamo Frescobaldi
Ave maris stella
(iz Toccate e partite d’intavolatura, Libro secondo, Rim, 1627.)

Hieronimus Talonus Polensis
Sancta Maria, Regina Caeli: Regina Caeli
(iz Motecta, psalmi vespertini completorium, Rim, 1629.)

Sancta Maria, Virgo Perdolens: Quam pulchra es
(iz Armonicus Parnasus, Rim, 1628.)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Ave maris stella passeggiato (diminucije Tin Cugelj 2022.)
(iz Hymni totius anni, Rim, 1589.)

Hieronimus Talonus Polensis
Missa Ave maris stella
Agnus Dei
(iz Armonicus Parnasus, Rim, 1628.)

Ave regina caelorum
(iz Motecta, psalmi vespertini completorium, Rim, 1629.)

About the ensemble:

The Responsorium ensemble is dedicated to the research and interpretation of the vocal and instrumental repertoire of the seventeenth century with a special focus on the achievements of the older Croatian musical heritage. It works in accordance with the principles of historically based early music performance practice, using replicas of authentic instruments and respecting scientifically based stylistic guidelines. In search of authentic sounds, the ensemble has realized a number of successful projects, including several contemporary premieres of works by Croatian baroque composers. The fruit of the ensemble’s intense musicological activity is the sound carrier Tomaso Cecchino: Madrigali et canzonette a tre voci 1617 (Croatia Records, 2017), which was released on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the collection’s printing. The Responsorium ensemble regularly collaborates with world-renowned early music performers and happily shares its commitment with its loyal audience, performing at numerous festivals in the homeland (Varaždin Baroque Evenings; Musical Evenings in St. Donat; Concerts in Euphrasian; Dvigrad Festival; and BaRoMus Austria, Germany, Denmark, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia). At the 49th Varaždin Baroque Evenings in 2019, the ensemble won the Ivan Lukačić award for musicological work and the ensemble’s performance for the project Tomaso Cecchino: Psalmi, missa et alia cantica (1619).

Instrumets:
baroque violin according to Italian models, made by: Jan Pawlikowski, Krakow, 2013.
viola da gamba after Michelu Colichonu, 1693, made by: Marco Ternovec, Bruxelles, 2007.
tenor-trombone after Antonu Drewelweczu, 1595., made by: Ewald Meinl, 2017.
bass-trombone after Isaacu Eheu, 1612, made by: Reiner Egger, 2012.