Appointment Friday 26 April at 8.30pm. The program will go from Hildegard von Bingen to Arvo Pärt passing through Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere
REGGIO EMILIA – Concert expected and certainly not ordinary Friday 26 Aprilat 8.30 pm, at the Valli Municipal Theatrewith The Tallis Scholarsone of the most prestigious vocal music groups in the world.
The evening’s program is a dialogue between ancient and modern, between the voice of Hildegard von Bingen, German composer, poet and Benedictine mystic of the 12th century, and the contemporary “sacred minimalism” of the Estonian Arvo Pärt.
Nine centuries separate Hildegard and Pärt: Gregorio Allegri, who lived between 1582 and 1652, represents the chronological “bridge” between the two: Allegri who became immortal thanks to the famous Miserere (around 1630).
In this concert, the thread is singing and ways of interpreting spirituality in music: Hildegard, self-taught, is inspired by Gregorian monody: in the Miserere Gregorian chant alternates with polyphony; in Pärt the “tintinnabuli” reinterprets tradition through a language that is as essential as it is expressively powerful.
Founded in 1973 by their director Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars through their recordings and concerts have quickly established themselves and imposed themselves on audiences around the world. In fact, it is thanks to the careful work on intonation and the timbral fusion of the voices that Peter Phillips tried to create an absolute purity and clarity of sound, which soon became the stylistic feature that characterizes the ensemble.
Reggio Emilia Valli Theatre concert music The Tallis Scholars
