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Worship in a Time of Plague

3/3/2023, 13 Tracks, 1:00:33

Featuring

  • Sheila Dietrich
  • Lindsay McIntyre
  • Jennifer Ens Modolo
  • Bud Roach
  • Paul Winkelmans
  • David Roth
  • The Gallery Players of Niagara
  • Capella Intima
  • Giovanni Rovetta
  • Heinrich Schütz
  • Alessandro Grandi
  • Stefano Bernardi
  • Giovanni Antonio Rigatti
  • Antonio Cifra

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in June 2022 at Central Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, Ontario, with Kirk Starkey engineering and co-producing.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Heinrich Schütz, a German composer, aimed to assimilate the new Venetian style of liturgical music, which he described as techniques that 'seek to entice modern ears'.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Capella Intima, led by tenor Bud Roach, specializes in seventeenth-century repertoire and is the ensemble in residence for the HAMMER BAROQUE concert series in Hamilton, Ontario.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The sacred motet in Venice, as heard on this album, uniquely combined old and new styles, incorporating intimacy with text and form while maintaining liturgical tradition.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The music on this album is connected to the Venetian plague of 1629-31, which caused one-third of the Republic's population to succumb and brought music publishing to a standstill.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album title, "Worship in a Time of Plague," reflects the historical context of the music, much of which was composed or published around the time of a devastating plague.

Source: Booklet

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