Missa pro defunctis

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DE PROFUNDIS
Cambridge’s all-male early music vocal ensemble
Sebastián deVivanco
Missa pro defunctis
conducted by
BRUNO TURNER
Saturday
17th September
7.30pm
Jesus College Chapel
By kind permission of the Master and Fellows
Tickets £16
(low income £12)
from bit.ly/VivancoDP
or on the door
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Sebastián de Vivanco is one of the greatest composers of
the Spanish Golden Age, but is also one of its most neglected.
Scholars and performers are only now starting to appreciate
Vivanco’s worth: he was born in Ávila at the same time as the
great Tomás Luis de Victoria whose stunning brilliance
unfairly monopolised the attention of the musical world.
Educated in music by Bernardino de Ribera and Juan
Navarro, Vivanco served as maestro de capilla at the cathedrals
of Lérida, Segovia, Ávila and finally at Salamanca. He was
appointed Professor of Music at Salamanca University and
published his music in three lavish volumes. These show him
to have been one of the superlative composers of his time.
In this concert, the men of DE PROFUNDIS will perform
Vivanco’s austerely beautiful 4-part Requiem (unheard since
the 17th century), his Lamentations for Maundy Thursday
and Holy Saturday and some of his finest motets.
BRUNO TURNER is a freelance
choral director and musicologist who
has dedicated his life to researching
and publishing music from renaissance
Spain. He directed the award-winning
ensemble Pro Cantione Antiqua for
many years, issuing a series of
important recordings on the Archiv
label. He is founding editor of Mapa Mundi Editions. This
year he celebrates his 85th birthday and has chosen to mark
it with this concert of music by a neglected Spanish master.
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