Siglo de Oro
The Battle Between Carnival and Lent
Siglo de Oro recalls the contrasts between the sacred and the profane surrounding the penitential season of Lent, helped by a riotous madrigal comedy for the evening of Fat Thursday by the musician and monk Adriano Banchieri and three transcendent Holy Week motets.
Programme:
Adriano Banchieri - Festino nella sera del giovedì grasso Op. 18
Interval
Plainchant - Emendemus in melius
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
Tomás Luis de Victoria - O vos omnes
Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina - Stabat Mater
Programme:
Adriano Banchieri - Festino nella sera del giovedì grasso Op. 18
Interval
Plainchant - Emendemus in melius
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
Tomás Luis de Victoria - O vos omnes
Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina - Stabat Mater
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
Sun, 2 March 2025
Wigmore Hall, London
7:30pm
£18 - £40
Full Event Details
Siglo de Oro recalls the contrasts between the sacred and the profane surrounding the penitential season of Lent, helped by a riotous madrigal comedy for the evening of Fat Thursday by the musician and monk Adriano Banchieri and three transcendent Holy Week motets.
Programme:
Adriano Banchieri - Festino nella sera del giovedì grasso Op. 18
Interval
Plainchant - Emendemus in melius
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
Tomás Luis de Victoria - O vos omnes
Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina - Stabat Mater
Venue Details & Map
Location
Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore Street London W1U 2BP
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