Friday October 18th, 2024, at 12 Noon

Triumphs and Laments

A concert of six-voice a cappella works
from the late 16th Century

Works of Tallis, Byrd, Morley, Weelkes, Gesualdo, Croce, D'India,  
Maddalena Casulana, Monte, Wert, Utendal, and... PDQ Bach.



The vocal group Cantabile is a six-voice self-directed ensemble based in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts specializing in a cappella performances of vocal chamber music from the European Renaissance of the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. Among their programs in the last several years have been Saints and Sailors: Sacred, Sad and Silly Songs of the Sixteenth Century and a concert pairing Marenzio’s madrigal cycle Baci soavi e cari with a complete performance of Adriano Banchieri’s madrigal comedy Barca di Venetia per Padova. Other programs have included music of Josquin, Salamone Rossi, Heinrich Schütz, English madrigals, Dutch baroque music and Bach cantata 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit. Cantabile has been featured in the concert series of Arcadia Players and Springfield’s Tuesday Morning Music Club, as well as at Pacem in Terris, in Warwick, NY