Concert "SANCTA MARIA: A mass for the Vasa-Habsburg alliance"

The Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16^th and 17^th century in Europe. During the reign of Sigismund III Vasa, Poland-Lithuania had a period of growth and prosperity. In order to reinforce the political alliance with another giant of the time, Sigismund married two Habsburg princesses, first Anne and then Constance of Austria. This coalition allowed an important cultural exchange between the two houses; we know that some musicians were traveling from one court to another, and this mutual exchange enlightened and enriched the cultural and musical life in both countries.

 

Aiming to remember and pay tribute to this alliance, this program is based on two master pieces, representing respectively the Vasa and the Habsburg houses; the “Sancta Maria” mass by Marco Scacchi, and the “Magnificat VIII toni” by Johann Stadlmayr. Scacchi was the kapellmeister at the Warsaw court from 1628 to 1649, and Stadlmayr was first kapellmeister at the Salzburg court, and then, appointed directly by Archduke Maximilian III, kapellmeister at the Innsbruck court. Sancta Maria reconstructs the musical production at two of the best court chapels in Europe at the beginning of the 17^th century.

 

 

Giovanni Battista Cocciola                      Deus, Deus Meus

(fl.1610-20)

 

Marco Scacchi                                          Sancta Maria Mass

(ca.1600-1662)                                         Kyrie

 

Bartomiej Pekiel                                       Dulcis Amor Jesu

(1601-1670)

 

Marco Scacchi                                           Sancta Maria Maria

                                                                    Gloria

          

Asprilio Pacelli                                           Beata es Virgo Maria            

(1570-1623)

 

Marco Scacchi                                           Sancta Maria Mass

Credo

 

Diomedes Cato                                         Canzona Diomedis                            

(1570-1607)

 

Marco Scacchi                                           Sancta Maria Mass

                                                                    Sanctus

 

Johann Stadlmayer                                   Magnificat VIII toni

(ca.1575-1648)                                          Magnificat - Et exultavit - Quia respexit

                                                                    Quia fecit – Et misericórdia – Fecit potentiam

                                                                    Deposuit potentes – Esurientes – Suscepit Israel

                                                                    Sicut locutus est – Gloria – Sicut Erat

 

Marco Scacchi                                           Sancta Maria Mass

                                                                    Agnus Dei