Convertere ad Dominum

Victoria's Lamentations

Friday 6 April 2007, 9pm

Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Cnr Molesworth and Hill St
Wellington

Victoria’s nine Lamentation settings are taken from his monumental Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae (Office for Holy Week), a comprehensive collection of passion settings, responsaries and hymns for this most important period of the Church year. These anguished texts, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem in the time of the conquest of Nebuchadrezzar, are set with Victoria’s particular subtlety and intensity of expression. The title of the concert is taken from the epilogue of each lamentation, exhorting the people of Jerusalem to turn once again to their God.

Programme

Plainsong: Vexilla Regis prodeunt

Lamentations for Maundy Thursday
Feria V in Coena Domini
Ad matutinum

Lessons of the First Nocturn

Lectio I — Incipit Lamentatio Ieremiae Prophetae
Lectio II — Vau. Et egressus est
Lectio III — Iod. Manum suam

Plainsong: Arbor decora et fulgida

Lamentations for Good Friday
Feria VI in Parasceve
Ad matutinum

Lessons of the First Nocturn

Lectio I — Heth. Cogitavit Dominus
Lectio II — Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt
Lectio III — Aleph. Ego vir videns

Plainsong: O Crux ave, spes unica

Lamentations for Holy Saturday
Sabbato Sancto
Ad matutinum

Lessons of the First Nocturn

Lectio I — Heth. Misericordiae Domini
Lectio II — Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum
Lectio III — Incipit Oratio Ieremiae Prophetae

This concert was part of the 2007 Performance Series.

Review

"The singing of this exquisite chamber choir … shifted one’s aural world at once … The Tudor Consort continues to attract singers of intelligence, stylistic discrimination and vocal skill"

The Dominion Post, 6 April 2007

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