Everything has its time, and there is an appointed hour for all things under heaven… In March, Capella Cracoviensis echoes the words of Ecclesiastes with performances of concerts written for Lent. One of the is the cycle Responsoria written for Tenebrae by Carlo Gesualdo. In the late Renaissance, the composer was pushing the boundaries of tonality – similar dissonances and chromatics weren’t heard again until the late 19th century!
14 March 2023, 4:30pm
Dominican Basilica
open rehearsal
Gesualdo | Responsoria I
21 March 2023, 4:30pm
Dominican Basilica
open rehearsal
Gesualdo | Responsoria II
28 March 2023, 4:30pm
Dominican Basilica
open rehearsal
Gesualdo | Responsoria III
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa: Responsoria III Sabbato Sancto
Magdalena Łukawska soprano
Ilona Szczepańska alto
Dominik Czernik, Szczepan Kosior Piotr Szewczyk tenor
Przemysław Józef Bałka bass