10/22: TENET Vocal Artists Presents 'Polifonía de las Américas', A Cappella Concert Highlights Rare Repertoire of Latin American Cathedrals

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TENET Vocal Artists Presents
Polifonía de las Américas

A Cappella Concert Highlights Rare Repertoire
of Latin American Cathedrals

Saturday, October 22, 2022 at St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church

“a superb early music group” – The New York Times

www.tenet.nyc

New York, NY (September 8, 2022) — The innovative and acclaimed early music ensemble TENET Vocal Artists, led by Artistic Director Jolle Greenleaf, continues its 2022-2023 season with Polifonía de las Américas on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 7:00pm at St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church (552 West End Avenue at 87th Street).

TENET’s second concert of the season provides a unique look into a rarely-heard facet of a cappella polyphony: early music from the New World. The exploratory Polifonía de las Américas program showcases repertoire composed and performed in the Cathedrals of Latin America, and features works by Francisco López Capillas (Velum templi, In horrore, and Cui luna), Juan de Lienas (Credidi), Francisco Guerrero (Maria Magdalena and Beata Dei genetrix Maria), Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (Versa est in luctum, Lamentations, Salve Regina, and Ave Regina), Antonio de Salazar (Duo seraphim), and Tomás Luis de Victoria (Vidi speciosam).

Artists include sopranos Paulina Francisco, Jolle Greenleaf, and Rebecca Myers, mezzo-soprano Elisa Sutherland, countertenor Timothy Parsons, tenors Nathan Hodgson, Nickolas Karageorgiou, and James Reese, and basses Steven Hrycelak and Enrico Lagasca. The performance will be filmed and available to view as a virtual concert from October 26, 2022 to January 26, 2023.

Artistic Director Jolle Greenleaf shares, “I am really looking forward to exploring this new-to-TENET repertoire with our fantastic cast of singers. This music represents a flourishing of musical ideas that took place within Latin American churches by lesser-known masterful composers during the same time period that better-known European composers were thriving in Europe. I am curious to hear audience feedback, and I trust they will love these vocal gems.

TENET’s 2022-23 season additionally includes: Motets of J.S. Bach on Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 4:00pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; Sound the Trumpet on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 7:00pm at St. Luke in the Fields; Orlando de Lassus’ Lagrime di San Pietro on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 7:00pm at St. Jean Baptiste Church; Bach’s Magnificat and Easter Oratorio on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 7:30pm at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer; and Rejoice, Rejoice! on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 7:00pm at St. Ignatius of Antioch.

Concert Information

Polifonía de las Américas
Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 7:00pm
St. Ignatius of Antioch | 552 West End Ave | NY, NY 10024
Link: https://tenet.nyc/polifonia

Program:

FRANCISCO GUERRERO:
     Maria Magdalena
     Beata Dei genetrix Maria

ANTONIO DE SALAZAR: Duo seraphim

JUAN GUTIÉRREZ DE PADILLA:
     Versa est in luctum
     Lamentations
     Salve Regina
     Ave Regina

JUAN DE LIENAS: Credidi

FRANCISCO LÓPEZ CAPILLAS:
     Velum templi
     In horrore
     Cui luna

TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA: Vidi speciosam

Artists:

Jolle Greenleaf, soprano
Paulina Francisco, soprano
Rebecca Myers, soprano
Elisa Sutherland, mezzo-soprano
Timothy Parsons, alto
Nathan Hodgson, tenor
Nickolas Karageorgiou, tenor
James Reese, tenor
Steven Hrycelak, bass
Enrico Lagasca, bass

Concert runtime is approximately 75 minutes and does not include an intermission.

Virtual concert available to view from October 26, 2022 to January 26, 2023.

Covid-19 Policy: TENET reserves the right to require audience members to wear a mask and show proof of vaccination with current boosters. Ticket purchases indicate acceptance of these terms. View TENET’s full Covid-19 policy here.

About TENET Vocal Artists
Preeminent New York City-based early music ensemble TENET Vocal Artists has won acclaim for innovative programming, virtuosic singing and command of repertoire that spans the Middle Ages to the present day. Under artistic director and soprano Jolle Greenleaf, TENET’s highlights from recent seasons include performances of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Christmas Oratorio and motets, Handel’s Messiah, a tour of the UK to honor Thomas Tomkins, original theatrical performances of music by, for, and about 17th century Italian women as well as Charpentier’s Les plaisirs de Versailles, and programs exploring medieval repertoire. TENET's highly praised Green Mountain Project offered performances of Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 and other Vespers for a decade, culminating in a finale performance in Venice, Italy in January 2020. TENET Vocal Artists performs at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Caramoor, Columbia University, Yale University, and numerous other venues in and around New York City. Further afield, TENET Vocal Artists has performed at the Festival Casals de Puerto Rico, Berkshire Bach Festival, Cambridge Early Music Festival, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Costa Rica International Music Festival, Montreal Baroque Festival, and many other festivals and prominent locations throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe. Learn more at www.tenet.nyc.

About Jolle Greenleaf
Soprano Jolle Greenleaf is one of today’s foremost figures in the field of early music. She has been hailed by The New York Times as a “golden soprano” and “a major force in the New York early music-scene.” Ms. Greenleaf was named the artistic director of TENET Vocal Artists in 2009, where she sings and directs the ensemble in repertoire spanning the Middle Ages to the present day. Her flair for imaginative programming has been lauded as “adventurous and expressive” and “smart, varied and not entirely early” (The New York Times). She is a celebrated interpreter of the music of Bach, Buxtehude, Handel, Purcell and, most notably, Claudio Monteverdi. Ms. Greenleaf has performed as a soloist in venues throughout the U.S., Scandinavia, Europe, and Central America for exceptional presenters including Vancouver Early Music Festival, Denmark’s Vendsyssel Festival, Cambridge Early Music Festival, Costa Rica International Music Festival, Puerto Rico’s Festival Casals, Utrecht Festival, at Panama’s National Theater, and San Cristobal, the Cathedral in Havana, Cuba.

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