programme
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
>Omniatempus habent
Audi tellus
Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi
Media vita in morte sumus
Circumdederunt me
Recordare Jesu pie
Deficiat in dolore vita mea
Vidi calumnias
O mors quam amara es
Cum essem parvulus
Vide Homo
performers
Cappella Amsterdam
Daniel Reuss conductor
background
To prevent a further outbreak of the coronavirus, the Dutch government, in consultation with the RIVM, has extended the ban on events and gatherings until June 1. The safety of our visitors and choir members is paramount. The Homo Melancholicus concerts by Cappella Amsterdam, in collaboration with the Oude Muziek Foundation, have been canceled.
“I have never been so melancholic in my entire life as I am now, and so lonely, unless I were to get drunk day and night.”
These were the words of Orlando di Lasso, one of the most highly regarded composers of the Low Countries, written at the end of the 16th century. Toward the end of his life, the grand master of the motet struggled with his health and suffered from hypochondria. Fortunately, di Lasso was able to sublimate his state of mind into unforgettable music that still moves us today. In the Homo Melancholicus programme, the late motets of this “prince of music” take center stage. Sometimes melancholic, other times exalted or bursting with longing, but always incredibly beautiful. In collaboration with the Oude Muziek Organization.