Unconventional Wisdom – TENET/Downtown Voices

Exploring a Wealth of Beauty from Italian Convents

We are excited to present this all-female program for treble voices in collaboration with Trinity Wall Street and the treble vocalists of Downtown Voices, under guest director Elena Williamson. This program celebrates music from 17th century Italian convents in what may seem an unlikely place for a wellspring of music and creativity. The extraordinary nuns produced a wealth of musical fruit, and TENET will feature works by famed composer Chiara Maria Cozzolani, Sulpitia Cesis, Vittoria Aleotti, and Catarina Assandra.

PROGRAM
Vittoria Aleotti: Io v’amo vita mia
Caterina Assandra: Duo seraphim and O dulcis amor Jesu
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani: Alma redemptoris, Ave Maria, Ave mater dilectissima, O Gloria in altissimis Deo, Gloriosa domina, Quis audivit unquam tale, and Surgamus omnes
Isabella Leonarda: Ad arma, o spiritus rebelles
Leonarda Orsini: Per pianto la mia cara
Lucretia Vizzana: Domine, Dominus noster