Graindelavoix

Florencia Menconi, mezzo-soprano | Andrew Hallock, countertenor | Albert Riera, tenor | Gabriel Belkheiri, tenor | Andrés Miravete, tenor | Marius Peterson, tenor | Tomàs Maxé, bass-baritone | Arnout Malfliet, bass

Björn Schmelzer, conductor

PROGRAMME

Laments for Absalon

Richard Dering: Contristatus est Rex David | Bernardino de Ribera: Rex autem David | Pierre de la Rue: Absalon fili mi |Richard Dering: And the King was moved

Laments for Jonathan

Thomas Tomkins: Then David mourned | Josquin Desprez: Doleo super te | Thomas Weelkes: O Jonathan, Woe is Me | Pierre de la Rue: Doleo super te | Robert Ramsey: How are the mighty fallen

Final Laments for Absalon

Lodovico Agostini: Fili mi Absalon | Alonso de Tejeda: Rex autem David | Thomas Tomkins: When David heard | Nicolas Gombert: Lugebat David Absalon

The repertoire of works based on the laments of King David for his son Absalom and his friend Jonathan began in the ninth century and continues to this day. This repertoire stretched across the temporal, geographical and religious frontiers of Europe during the 15^th, 16^th and early 17^th centuries. In their debut at the Torroella de Montgrí Festival, the Belgian ensemble Graindelavoix presents a selection of these works of English, Franco-Flemish and Spanish polyphony.