Claudio Monteverdi

Festive music by Monteverdi and his contemporaries

Festive songs for Christmas by Claudio Monteverdi, his teacher Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (* 1567 in Cremona; † 29 November 1643 Venice).

With the virtuoso bass aria "Ab aeterno ordinate" sum we open a concert dedicated to Monteverdi's beginnings in his native Cremona. Furthermore, we hear "Hodie Christus Natus est" from his first publication "Sacrae cantiunculae" from 1582. On the title page, the

15-year-old Monteverdi proudly describes himself as a pupil of Marco Antonio Ingegneri, Maestro di Cappella. We continue our music for the Christmas season with Ingegneri's joyful motet "Noe noe psallite". We have unearthed other rarely performed musical gems from Cremona: "Ne timeas Maria" by Tiburtio Massaino and "Jubilate Deo" by Caterina Assandra - virtuoso motets and instrumental variations to announce the birth of Jesus.

Performers: Maria Andrea Parias - soprano | Kamila Mazalová - alto | Colin Balzer - tenor | Sven Schwannberger - theorbo, lute, flute | Joel Frederiksen - bass, lute, conductor