O Maria! Mother and Warrior
ABOUT
This concert focuses on Baroque Italian women composers, featuring their
settings of prayers to the Virgin, a powerful Stabat Mater, and a dialogue between
Mary and Eve–the mother of God and the mother of humankind. The concert includes the extraordinary motet In tribunale horendo that portrays the Virgin Mary as the protector of humans on earth and in Heaven. It also includes a motet for two voices that portrays the martyrdom and invincibility of St. Christina. Vocal music will be interspersed with instrumental music by Isabella Leonarda and others.
Music by Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Rosa Giacinta Badalla, Bianca Maria Meda and others.
Performers
Adriana Ruiz & Daniela Tosic, Devon Russo, voice
Cynthia Mathiesen, Baroque violin, viola da gamba
Katherine Shao, keyboards
Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba

Saturday, May 13 at 7:30PM
Monadnock Center for History and Culture
19 Grove St, Peterborough, NH 03458
Tickets: $28 ($25 for Monadnock Center members) www.MonadnockCenter.org
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Sunday, May 14 at 4PM
Church of the Covenant
67 Newbury Street, Boston
Tickets: $35, $20, & $5