Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem
Cipriano de Rore 1516-1565
Saturday 18 December 2004, 8pm
Pre-concert talk 7.45pm
National War Memorial
Buckle St
Wellington
Directed by Alastair Carey
An astonishing mass setting, famous as a technical tour de force even in Rore's own lifetime, based on the melodies of Josquin's stunning Christmas motet Praeter Rerum Seriem and presented for the first time in New Zealand in two very special performances in the newly refurbished Hall of Memories at the National War Memorial.
Programme
Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem: Cipriano de Rore 1516-1565
with the plainsong and polyphonic propers for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve
Introitus: Dominus dixit ad me - plainsong
Kyrie: Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem
Gloria: Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem
Collect: chant
Gradual: Tecum principium - plainsong
Gospel: chant
Credo: Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem
Offertorium: Laetentur coeli - plainsong
Sursum corda: chant
Sanctus: Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem
Benedictus: Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem
Pater noster: chant
Agnus Dei I, II, III: Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem
Communio: In splendoribus sanctorum - plainsong
Motet: Praeter Rerum Seriem - Josquin des Prez 1450?-1521
Post-communio: chant
Benedicamus Domino: chant
Deus in adjutorum meum intende: plainsong
Antiphon: Quem vidistis pastores - Cipirano de Rore
Note that this concert was performed twice - also at 7.30 on the 19th
This concert was part of the 2004 Subscription Series.
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Reviews
In all, this was a splendid performance…the music was uplifting and inspiring [and] the audience was rapt.
Middle C, 31 October 2015
Review of Officium Defunctorum – Victoria's Requiem, Saturday 31 October 2015
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