Echi Riflessi by Bruckner, Animuccia, G., Byrd, De Séverac, Déodat, Damijan Močnik, Horváth, M. L., Aichinger, G., Poulenc, Duruflé, Mauro Zuccante, Esenvalds, sø. 07 juli 2019, Fra (2019/2019), Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

It is a theme-based path that spans the universe of sacred a cappella music, involving the public in a journey through time, exploring the various periods and styles. A way of comparing music composed on the same themes developed by authors who are very different. And an attempt at understanding how various composers have “reflected” a certain theme in their peculiar musical style. In a performance designed to exalt the extraordinary acoustics of the Basilica of San Vitale, exploiting its spaces, the presbytery and the matroneum, in a play of “echoes” among the various sections of the choir. The first part of the concert is related to the Eucharistic theme and to some compositions on texts written by St. Thomas Aquinas for the feast of Corpus Domini. The second part shifts focus to the figure of Mary, who always looks upon us with compassionate and merciful eyes. The conclusion, according to the liturgy of the Vespers, is the Magnificat of the Latvian Ēriks Ešenvalds combined with Simeon’s song of praise, Nunc Dimittis.