Ex Cathedra – Baroque Passion (broadcast on-demand until 4/11/2021)
$12.50
Johann Sebastian Bach — Komm Jesu Komm
Henry Purcell — Hear my prayer O Lord, Z. 15
Antonio Lotti — Crucifixus
Domenico Scarlatti — Stabat mater in C minor
Johann Kuhnau — Tristis est anima mea
Claudio Monteverdi — Plagas tuas, SV 82.k
Claudio Monteverdi — "Dorinda, Ah! Dirò "mia" Se Mia Non Sei" ("Maria, quid ploras?") from Ecco Silvio, SV 97
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Henry Purcell – Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z. 15
Antonio Lotti – Crucifixus
Domenico Scarlatti – Stabat mater in C minor
Johann Kuhnau – Tristis est anima mea
Claudio Monteverdi – Plagas tuas
Claudio Monteverdi – Maria, quid ploras?
Johann Sebastian Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Jeffrey Skidmore and Ex Cathedra present a programme of passionate Lenten music by Kuhnau, Lotti, Monteverdi, and Purcell. It’s sinuous, poignant music that yearns for resolution - heart-rending as Mary weeps at the foot of the cross in Scarlatti’s Stabat mater - yet concludes with the optimism of Bach’s faith in “the true path to life”.
Ex Cathedra gratefully acknowledges the support Birmingham City Council has given to help celebrate Jeffrey Skidmore’s 70th birthday with this concert.
Ex Cathedra is a leading UK choir and Early Music ensemble with a repertoire that reaches from the 12th to the 21st centuries. Under founder and artistic director Jeffrey Skidmore, it has developed an international reputation for its performances of Early Music, particularly from the Latin American and French Baroque. It is also proud of its reputation for championing new music, from Stockhausen at the BBC Proms to commissions from James MacMillan, Sally Beamish, Roxanna Panufnik, Liz Dilnot Johnson and several major works from Alec Roth.
The group presents its own series of concerts in Birmingham, UK, where it is an Associate Artist at Town Hall & Symphony Hall, and enjoys invitations to appear at festivals and concert series as far afield as New York and Tel Aviv.
The livestream will take place March 21 at 9am Pacific. Stream available to watch until April 11, 2021.
Your ticket purchase will directly support the participating artists through IDAGIO’s Fair Artist Payout Model: IDAGIO pays 80% of the net revenue directly to the performers.