Anticipation and Wonder
Join Tactus as we celebrate the second anniversary of our debut with a fringe performance at the Berkeley Early Music Festival.
St Joseph of Arimathea 2316 Bowditch Street Berkeley, CA |
Sometimes our expectations are overwhelmed, leaving us thunderstruck. Join Tactus of San Francisco for our second anniversary concert, as we present Renaissance choral motets about anticipation and wonder: from the quivering hope of the bridegroom to the astonishment of the Resurrection. Our offerings range from the celestially serene music of Post-Tridentine Roman composer Palestrina, to the pictorial and lively motets of Guerrero and Byrd. Organ interludes by Eugene Petrushansky.
Concert program:
| Quae est ista | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
| Dum transisset sabbatum | John Taverner |
| Interlude | |
| Nigra sum sed formosa | Jean L'Heritier |
| Descendi in hortum meum | Cipriano de Rore |
| Interlude | |
| Maria Magdalene | Francisco Guerrero |
| Haec dies | William Byrd |
Journeys and Transformations
St Matthew's Lutheran Church 3281 16th Street San Francisco, CA |
St Jerome's Catholic Church 308 Carmel Ave El Cerrito, CA |
Join us for our final concert with our founding director Tanmoy Laskar, as we take you on a journey through mountain roads by the soft light of the August moon to grassy shores dotted with fiery aspens in bloom. Come with us on our adventures by sea through calm and storm, past vociferous volcanoes and craggy castles, and explore bustling spice-laden markets and freshly-bloomed gardens. As our paths take some of us far abroad, join us in songs of deep longing and fond remembrance for those they leave behind; until such time as we return once more, for more adventures are yet in store!
Concert program:
| Prelude | |
| Surge propera | Francisco Guerrero |
| Tota pulchra es | Heinrich Isaac |
| Interlude | |
| Ay luna que Reluzes | Anonymous |
| Interlude | |
| Anima mea liquefacta est | Guillaume Dufay |
| Si ignoras te | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
| The Cries of London | Orlando Gibbons |
| Maria Magdalene | Francisco Guerrero |
| Interlude | |
| Ascendente Jesu | Giaches de Wert |
| Interlude | |
| Hortus conclusus | Rodrigo de Ceballos |
| Interlude | |
| De los alamos vengo, madre | Juan Vasquez |
| Descendi in hortum meum | Cipriano de Rore |
| Interlude | |
| Glades of Grace | Tanmoy Laskar |
| Interlude | |
| Super flumina Babylonis | Tomás Luis de Victoria |
