Two days ago we heard Heu Nos Miseros. I thought you would enjoy hearing another piece of the same style. Through the never-ending use of dissonances – one after the other, Lotti creates a highly charged depiction of the Crucifixion, death, and burial of Christ. It was composed in the transition style between the Renaissance and Baroque. It is extravagant in its gesture, but genuinely heartfelt at the same time. Although not in Lotti’s score, I asked our basso profundos to add a low C at the very end, I think, in keeping with the dramatic spirit of the piece.

– Dennis Keene

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ANTONIO LOTTI Crucifixus

Voices of Ascension
Dennis Keene, Artistic Director

from the Delos recording Voices of Ascension: From Chant to Renaissance ℗ 1995 Delos
The singers in this performance are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO.