Alessandro Carmignani / counter tenor
Paolo Borgonovo / tenor
Riccardo Pisani / tenor
Guglielmo Buonsanti / bass
Gavino Murgia / soprano saxophone
Marco Mencoboni / artistic leader
The Officium recording from 1994 was a pivotal turning point in the modern music world: the first crossover project between classical music and jazz, featuring the saxophonist Jan Garbarek and the vocal quartet Hilliard Ensemble. The recent farewell to the stage of the famous English vocal ensemble prompted Marco Mencoboni and Gavino Murgia to keep this extraordinary project alive thanks to the soloists of the Cantar Lontano ensemble.
Program:
Officium Divinum
Introito Gregoriano: Requiem Aeternam
Christóbal de Morales: Parce Mihi Domine
Pierre de La Rue: O Salutaris Hostia
Anonimo: Pulcherrima Rosa
Sequenza Gregoriano: Regnantem Sempiterna
Magister Perotinus: Beata Viscera
Josquin Desprez: Mille Regrets
Guillaume Dufay: Ave Maris Stella
Christóbal de Morales: Parce Mihi Domine