Bologna Festival: Odhecaton and Paolo Da Col

About the Event

Immerse yourself in the stunning architecture of Bologna's breathtaking Oratorio San Filippo Neri for the ultimate concert set to awake your understanding of classical music.

The resonances of 16th‐century polyphony are endless and, through the centuries, they reach the present day. Paolo Da Col and Odhecaton capture them with their usual expertise, presenting a highly original project that plays with reflections, echoes, and contrasts between the musical liturgy of Palestrina and contemporary music. The main structure of the program consists of the Messa Illumina oculos meos, which appears in a manuscript preserved in the Apostolic Chapel, where the famous Missa Papae Marcelli is also found. On this foundation, the influences drawn by composers such as Pärt, Rihm, Stravinsky, and Scelsi from sacred texts of the past are interwoven.

PROGRAM:
Illumina oculos meos
Almost a liturgy around Palestrina

Thomas Tallis: O nata lux (5 voices)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina:
- Missa Illumina oculos meos (6 voices)
- O sacrum convivium (5 voices)
- Vos amici mei estis (8 voices)
Arvo Pärt:
- Most Holy Mother of God (4 voices)
- Da pacem Domine (4 voices)
Wolfgang Rihm:
- Pater Noster (4 voices)
- Tristis est anima mea (6 voices) from Sieben Passions‐Texte
Igor Stravinsky: Pater Noster (4 voices)
Giacinto Scelsi: Ave Maria (solo voice) from Three Latin Prayers