Voices of Connection: 08/11 A Renaissance Rarity

LEONARDO LEO (or Giuseppe Corsi da Celano): Heu Nos Miseros

Voices of Ascension
Dennis Keene, Artistic Director

from the Delos recording Beyond Chant ℗ 1994 Delos
The singers in this performance are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO.

There is debate about who composed this wild piece. Both of these men lived in the Baroque period, but this piece is not in a Baroque style. Written for two choirs, Heo Nos Miseros reminds one of a transitional work between the Renaissance and Early Baroque (around 1600), when composers experimented with theatrical emotions and extravagant harmonic dissonances. Enjoy!

– Dennis Keene, Artistic Director

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