Motets and Oratorios of Giacomo Carissimi
24 January 2025/ Germany / Bremen
Boston Early Music Festival
Vocal & Chamber Ensembles
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Music Directors
Friday, January 24, 2025 at 8pm
Sendesaal Bremen
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Felix Schwandtke, bass
The Boston Early Music Festival comes to the Sendesaal twice a year to record and present great dramatic works of the Baroque. This January, the Grammy-winning BEMF Vocal and Chamber Ensembles under the leadership of Musical Directors Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs present a selection of works by Giacomo Carissimi. Carissimi's oratorio Jephte is one of the most popular dramatic creations of the 17th century, a seminal work that has been studied and imitated by composers throughout Europe. His motets are less well known, but each of them is a small masterpiece, full of contrasting sections of ecstatic virtuosity, heart-rending melancholy and also cheerfulness. The same program will be presented in Hamburg on January 25th.
Vocal & Chamber Ensembles
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Music Directors
Friday, January 24, 2025 at 8pm
Sendesaal Bremen
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Felix Schwandtke, bass
The Boston Early Music Festival comes to the Sendesaal twice a year to record and present great dramatic works of the Baroque. This January, the Grammy-winning BEMF Vocal and Chamber Ensembles under the leadership of Musical Directors Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs present a selection of works by Giacomo Carissimi. Carissimi's oratorio Jephte is one of the most popular dramatic creations of the 17th century, a seminal work that has been studied and imitated by composers throughout Europe. His motets are less well known, but each of them is a small masterpiece, full of contrasting sections of ecstatic virtuosity, heart-rending melancholy and also cheerfulness. The same program will be presented in Hamburg on January 25th.
