Ravenna Festival
Tenebrae factae sunt
Odhecaton
direttore
Paolo Da Col
musiche di
Gesualdo da Venosa,
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Arvo Pärt, Wolfgang Rihm, Salvatore Sciarrino
The new and the old, and a singular mix of heterogeneous styles are the distinctive trait of this concert by Odhecaton, directed by Paolo Da Col, an ensemble specialising in the performance of Renaissance music, internationally appreciated for the elegance and grandeur of their sound. Besides Gesualdo’s Tenebrae responsories for Holy Saturday (1611), a prominent example of the composer’s intricate polyphonies, they will propose Palestrina’s severe and essential counterpoint alongside Arvo Pärt’s hieratic, archaic contemporary sounds, Wolfgang Rihm’s (b. 1952) stylistic eclecticism and Salvatore Sciarrino’s recent Responsorio delle tenebre (2001), alternating contemporary sounds and Gregorian chant.
