TENET Vocal Artists Presents TENEbrae: Lassus’ Lagrime di San Pietro

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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TENET Vocal Artists Presents
TENEbrae: Lassus’ Lagrime di San Pietro

Rare Performance of Orlando de Lassus’ Entire Collection of
Sacred Motets in Collaboration with Dark Horse Consort

Saturday, February 25, 2023 at St. Paul's Chapel at Trinity Wall Street

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

www.tenet.nyc

New York, NY (January 16, 2022) — Acclaimed early music ensemble TENET Vocal Artists, led by Artistic Director Jolle Greenleaf, presents TENEbrae: Lassus’ Lagrime di San Pietro, sacred motets that are among Orlando de Lassus’ finest compositions, on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 7:00pm. Held at St. Paul’s Chapel at Trinity Wall Street (209 Broadway between Fulton and Vesey Streets), TENET’s singers will be joined by brass ensemble Dark Horse Consort in a special performance featuring the Flemish composer’s entire collection of motets from the late Renaissance.

Vocalists include soprano and Artistic Director Jolle Greenleaf, mezzo-sopranos Laura Pudwell and Elisa Sutherland, tenor Jason McStoots, baritone Thomas McCargar, bass-baritone Edmund Milly, and bass Steven Hrycelak. Jeffrey Grossman joins on harpsichord/organ and Charles Weaver on theorbo. Dark Horse Consort includes Greg Ingles, Mack Ramsey, and Erik Schmalz on sackbut, Alexandra Opsahl and Kiri Tollaksen on cornetto, Stephanie Corwin on bassoon, and Priscilla Herreid on winds. The concert will be filmed and available to view as a virtual concert from March 7, 2023 to June 7, 2023.

“Considered to be one of the greatest compositional achievements to Renaissance music, Lassus’ inspiring 7-part, through composed collection of 21 motets is a tour de force that comes to us at the end of the Renaissance just before the birth of opera, which dramatically changes the landscape of compositional style,” Artistic Director Jolle Greenleaf shares. “I’ve been dreaming of putting this program together for years and I’m so happy to collaborate with Dark Horse Consort on this project. We’re creating a magical roadmap of musical ideas to highlight the music and we’re excited to share it with our audience!”

TENET’s 2022-23 season further includes 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
TENEbrae: Lassus’ Lagrime di San Pietro
Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 7:00pm
St. Paul’s Chapel at Trinity Wall Street | 209 Broadway between Fulton and Vesey Streets
Tickets: From $11.90 - $53.90 (includes online ticketing fees)
Link: https://tenet.nyc/lagrime 

Program:
ORLANDO DE LASSUS: Lagrime di San Pietro

Artists:
Jolle Greenleaf, soprano
Laura Pudwell, mezzo-soprano
Elisa Sutherland, mezzo-soprano
Jason McStoots, tenor
Thomas McCargar, baritone
Edmund Milly, bass-baritone
Steven Hrycelak, bass
Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord/organ
Charles Weaver, theorbo

Dark Horse Consort
     Greg Ingles, sackbut
     Mack Ramsey, sackbut
     Erik Schmalz, sackbut
     Alexandra Opsahl, cornetto
     Kiri Tollaksen, cornetto
     Stephanie Corwin, bassoon
     Priscilla Herreid, winds

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

Virtual concert available to view from March 7, 2023 to June 7, 2023.

Covid-19 Policy: TENET reserves the right to require audience members to wear a mask. 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 Dark Horse Consort
The early music ensemble Dark Horse Consort is dedicated to unearthing the majestic late Renaissance and early Baroque repertoire for brass instruments. Inspired by the bronze horse statues in Venice’s famed St. Mark’s Basilica, the ensemble brings to new life the glorious sounds of composers such as Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, and Heinrich Schütz. Dark Horse often expands to include vocalists and strings to recreate the rapturous kaleidoscope that was the sound of the early 17th-century ensemble.

Dark Horse Consort has been featured on the San Francisco Early Music Series, the Boston Early Music Festival, the Renaissance and Baroque Society (Pittsburgh), and The Academy of Early Music (Ann Arbor), and numerous venues throughout North America, including collaborations with vocal and instrumental groups such as The Toronto Consort, Blue Heron (Boston), The Rose Ensemble (Minneapolis), Piffaro (Philadelphia), TENET (NYC), Spire (Kansas City), Catacoustic Consort (Cincinnati), Bach Society Houston, Bach Collegium San Diego, Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Lutheran (NYC), Seicento Baroque (Boulder), and the Clarion Music Society (NYC). Upcoming performances include Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers with TENET and the Green Mountain Project in Venice, Italy, and a featured concert on the Chamber Music Northwest series in Portland, Oregon.

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