Old World, New World - Madrid

Monday, Feb 19th 2018 - 7:30pm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Price: Free entrance
Arranged by:

Ars Nova's love of combining old and new here fully unfolds. Music by Hernando Franco, Manuel de Sumaya, Alonso Lobo, John Cage, Christian Wolff & Arvo Pärt.

Exquisite motets from the time around the year 1600 and exciting pieces from around the year 2000 illuminate each other. Pieces from the old world (Europe) opposite pieces from the new (South and North America). And a third impact point around the year 1800, where the composers in the USA began to step into character with pieces that stood out from the Western European music culture that they originated from. 

PROGRAMME:

Arvo Pärt (1935-) Kleine Litanei
Alonso Lobo (1555-1617) Ave Maria
Arvo Pärt Virgincita
Manuel de Sumaya (1678-1750) La Bella Incorrupta
   
Anon (Sacred Harp, 19th century) Evening Hymn
Christian Wolff (1934-) Evening Shade, Wake Up
Irish trad. (arr. Paul Hillier) On Raglan Road
Abraham Wood (1752-1804) Brevity
John Cage (1912-1992) Ear for Ear
   
Alonso Lobo (1555-1617) Versa est in luctum
Arvo Pärt And I heard a voice... (2018)
Arvo Pärt Bogoroditse Dyevo
Hernando Franco (1532-1585) Magnificat Sexti Toni

Conductor:

Paul Hillier