Published: 20260226
Event date: 2026y.March0309 d.18:00 - 19:30 All events
The Great Renaissance Hall
Relevant until 2026-03-09
Ensemble "Vox Præterita"
Indrė Kučinskaitė – cornet
Weronika Paine – hapsichord, organ
Bianca Cucini – quinton, viola da gamba
Elias Conrad – theorbo
Tesori Lombardi – early 17th-century Northern Italy, emotional, dramatic musical fantasy. Here, sacro e profano meet in music – from sensual prayer in motets to sacred passion in madrigals.
The virtuoso works of Biagio Marini and, already well known in Lithuania, Tarquinio Merula are combined with the unique style of Ignazio Donati's motets and Francesco Rognoni's paraphrase of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's famous motet Pulchra es, creating a spiritual and pulsating liturgical soundscape of Lombardy.
The second part of the concert features the soulful madrigals of Sigismondo d'India and Claudio Monteverdi, captivating with their extraordinary directness and emotional richness. Chromatic intonations, toccatas, and improvisations lead the listener through contrasting but complementary musical spaces. The cornet becomes a kind of narrator in this program—its flexible sound, close to the human voice, connects the instrumental and vocal worlds, conveying both liturgical grandeur and the emotional intensity of madrigals. It is a journey through the world of the Baroque person, where spirituality and everyday experiences merge into a unified musical experience.
The concert will take place in the Great Renaissance Hall of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. Latecomers will not be admitted.
Without intermission.
Families are welcome to attend the concert with children of school age and older. Our youngest visitors, together with their families, are invited to take part in the educational activities at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.
The event will be photographed.
Entrance is free of charge, but due to the limited number of seats, we kindly ask you to register in advance.
