Consortium Carissimi was founded in 1996 with the intent of uncovering and bringing to modern day ears the long forgotten Italian-Roman sacred and secular music of the 16th & 17th century through voice and historically informed instruments.
Description
Journey to 17th-century Rome with an intimate program of secular cantatas by Giacomo Carissimi and Luigi Rossi, two composers who helped define the emerging Baroque cantata.
Hear expressive works for solo, two, and three voices with basso continuo, including Ahi, non torna, Scrivete, occhi dolenti, Un infelice core, A piè d’un verde alloro, Almeno un pensiero, and Sciolto havean dall’alte sponde.
The program also explores Carissimi’s Missa “Sciolto havean dall’alte sponde,” a rare Mass setting derived from the opening of the cantata. The connection is particularly striking in the Kyrie and Christe.
Join us for music from a remarkable moment between the Renaissance madrigal and the fully developed Baroque.
Date & Time
Sep 12 - 13, 2026
Venue Details
St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church
100 Oxford Street NorthSaint Paul, Minnesota 55104
