Artists: La Fonte Musica directed by Michele Pesenti with Bill Richardson, narration.
From the wailing cries and silences of Inferno to the angelic concerts of Paradiso, this programme revisits the pages of Dante’s Divine Comedy where music resounds throughout. Dante wrote his Comedy around the time when a new musical style, the Ars Nova (“New Art”) spread throughout France and Italy.
Works by: Machaut, Landini, Ciconia, & more
La Fonte Musica is an ensemble whose artistic journey is to unveil the roots of the music composed during the transition from the Middle Ages to Renaissance humanism, takes listeners on a musical journey through the Ars Nova and Dante’s timeless masterpiece, to Heaven from Hell.
A pre-concert lecture by Michele Pasotti will take place at 6:15 in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society of BC.
Friday, October 25, 2024
7:30 p.m.Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver