Tuesday, August 24th, 2021; 8:00 PM CEST (UTC/GMT +2 hours)

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Blue Heron: Missa Fortuna Desperata

The American ensemble Blue Heron is acclaimed for its performances of medieval and renaissance music. To put it in the words of Gramophone (UK): “A revelation. Fresh, dynamic and vibrant … urgent and wonderful music-making of the highest order.” Artistic director Scott Metcalfe, undeniably a specialist in this repertoire, is inspired by the fate and fame in the music of Josquin and his contemporaries at the Habsburg-Burgundy court. The Missa Fortuna desperata, based on an Italian song of the same name, sounds together with various settings of Dulces exuviae, the lament that Queen Dido sings just before she commits suicide.