Name: Missa Dolorosa
Start: 2019-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Basilica di San Vitale

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Arianna Lanci

soprano

Daniela Pini

mezzo-soprano

Michele Concato

tenor

Alberto Bianchi Lanzoni

bass

Chiara Cattani

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Silvia Biasini

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Paolo Rosetti

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Roberto Noferini

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Missa Dolorosa

Ravenna

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Basilica di San Vitale

Missa Dolorosa: Missa dolorosa Caldara

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Missa dolorosa

Larissa Andrea Pereira

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Despite being almost unknown, Caldara’s works reveal his talent for counterpoint and his melodic and expressive power. He composed Missa dolorosa in 1735 in honour of the Habsburg Emperor Charles VI. It is a missa solemnis and is, therefore, only performed on special religious occasions. Caldara added the epithet “dolorosa” [painful], referring to the celebration of the Septem Dolorum Beatae Mariae Virginis (Seven Sorrows of the Virgin May), whose Gradual begins with the words “Dolorosa et lacrimabilis es, Virgo Maria”, or to the elegiac nature of the mass, which was already defined by the E minor key. The sections of the Missa dolorosa are divided into units that mutually differ in tonality and metrics, structure and score. This mass combines various styles, perfectly alternating fugues, homorhythmic fragments and grand rhythmic episodes. This heterogeneous feature creates the continuous vigorous ascent of this highly expressive masterpiece.

English

Nonostante sia quasi sconosciuto, le opere di Caldara dimostrano il suo talento per il contrappunto e la sua potenza melodica ed espressiva. La Missa Dolorosa venne scritta nel 1735 in onore dell’imperatore asburgico Carlo VI. È una missa solemnis, quindi riservata a particolari ricorrenze religiose. Caldara ha aggiunto l’epiteto “dolorosa” quale riferimento alla celebrazione dei Septem Dolorum Beatae Mariae Virginis, il cui Graduale inizia con le parole “Dolorosa et lacrimabilis es, Virgo Maria”. Oppure per indicare il carattere elegiaco della messa, già stabilito dalla tonalità di Mi minore. Le sezioni della Missa Dolorosa sono divise in unità che differiscono l’una dall’altra per tonalità e metrica, struttura e partitura. Questa messa riunisce diversi stili in una perfetta alternanza di movimenti fugati, frammenti omoritmici e grandi episodi ritmici; tale eterogeneità va a costituire la continua ascesa energetica di questo capolavoro ricco di espressività.

italiano

Missa Dolorosa by Caldara, From (2019/2019), Conductor Silvia Biasini, Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

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