Sunday, September 6, 2026
«Via Francigena», Opening Concert Erasmus Sounds! – Festival Lab
Concert title
«Via Francigena», opening concert Erasmus Sounds! – Festival Lab
Date
Sun 06.09.2026
Start of the concert
19:00
Contributors
Name of the ensemble
THE CONSTELLATION CHOIR
Line
SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER conductor
Soloists
ALAIN CLAUDE SULZER Reading
program
The Way of Francigena pilgrimage from Canterbury to Rome offers insights into the early musical expressions of humanism, where faith, rhetoric, and artistic individuality converge.
The pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome, known as the "Way of Francigena," serves as the spiritual compass for this program conceived by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Along this great trans-European route, it connects sacred works by composers of the Renaissance and early Baroque periods who worked in the cultural centers between England, France, and Italy – and whose music itself became a form of sonic pilgrimage.
In these poignant sacred works, a moving, spiritual, and simultaneously sensual sound world unfolds. The program provides fascinating glimpses into the early musical expressions of humanism, where personal faith, rhetorical skill, and artistic individuality meet in a new way.
THE CONSTELLATION CHOIR
SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER Conductor
ALAIN CLAUDE SULZER Reading
Cristóbal de Morales (ca. 1500–1553)
Parce mihi Domine
Ludwig Senfl (ca. 1486–1542/43)
Ave rosa sine spinis
Alonso Lobo (1555–1617)
Versa est in luctum
Robert White (ca. 1538–1574)
Lamentations a5
break
William Byrd (ca. 1540–1623)
Laudibus in Sanctis
Jacobus Clemens non Papa (ca. 1510–1555/56)
O Maria vernans Rosa
Tomás Luis de Victoria (ca. 1548–1611)
O Quam Gloriosum (motet)
Missa O Quam Gloriosum
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Ave Maris Stella
Category 1: CHF 115.00
Category 2: CHF 95.00
Category 3: CHF 65.00
Category 4: CHF 45.00
The pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome, known as the "Way of Francigena," serves as the spiritual compass for this program conceived by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Along this great trans-European route, it connects sacred works by composers of the Renaissance and early Baroque periods who worked in the cultural centers between England, France, and Italy – and whose music itself became a form of sonic pilgrimage.
In these poignant sacred works, a moving, spiritual, and simultaneously sensual sound world unfolds. The program provides fascinating glimpses into the early musical expressions of humanism, where personal faith, rhetorical skill, and artistic individuality meet in a new way.
THE CONSTELLATION CHOIR
SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER Conductor
ALAIN CLAUDE SULZER Reading
Cristóbal de Morales (ca. 1500–1553)
Parce mihi Domine
Ludwig Senfl (ca. 1486–1542/43)
Ave rosa sine spinis
Alonso Lobo (1555–1617)
Versa est in luctum
Robert White (ca. 1538–1574)
Lamentations a5
break
William Byrd (ca. 1540–1623)
Laudibus in Sanctis
Jacobus Clemens non Papa (ca. 1510–1555/56)
O Maria vernans Rosa
Tomás Luis de Victoria (ca. 1548–1611)
O Quam Gloriosum (motet)
Missa O Quam Gloriosum
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Ave Maris Stella
Category 1: CHF 115.00
Category 2: CHF 95.00
Category 3: CHF 65.00
Category 4: CHF 45.00
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