Concert “Gaudeamus Omnes”

Early music ensemble CORDARIA (Lithuania/Switzerland)
Rūta Vosyliūtė (mezzo-soprano)
Monta Martinsone (soprano) 
Katharina Haun (zinc, longitudinal flute)
Emilie Mory (baroque violin)
John Martling (theorba, lute)
Vilimas Norkūnas (harpsichord, organ)

 

At the beginning of the 17th century, Lithuania was both a participant in the cultural development of the Vasa dynasty and a co-creator of significant musical heritage. Marco Scacchi, Sigismund Vasa’s kapellmeister, while leading one of the most prominent chapels of the Vasa estate at the time, fostered a tradition of Italian music. M. Scacchi’s music bears the influence of his teacher Giovanni Francesco Anerio and, undoubtedly, Claudio Monteverdi’s prototype “seconda pratica” (the so-called new style, where choral music composers try to reduce the polyphony to make the spoken text audible again and brought to the fore), which all composers closely observed. The concert programme of the early music ensemble “CordAria” reveals this path, which is being built towards the new, baroque technique of composition.

 

Ticket price - 5 Eur

 

Tickets can be purchased at the box office of “Bilietai LT”, online www.bilietai.lt (service fees apply), one hour before the event at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania box office.
Discounts for children, students, seniors and people with disabilities apply.
The festival is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.