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Seraphic Fire, South Florida’s Grammy-nominated, professional vocal ensemble, will bring the musical legacy of the historic Capilla Flamenca to life in a stunning tribute to the most glorious choir ever assembled. Led by guest conductor Amanda Quist, 13 unaccompanied singers will perform works of great Renaissance composers at a concert on Jan. 17 in Coral Gables.
The private chapel choir of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the Capilla Flamenca was an elite group of singers and composers who dazzled the courts and cathedrals of the Holy Roman Empire with their sublime voices, singing both secular and sacred music. Charles V came from a long line of passionate music lovers, and the chapel accompanied him as he traveled his realm extensively to display his power through music.
“No other institution had a repertory as rich as that of the Capilla Flamenca, and the music they performed represents the great riches of the 16th Century, the ‘Golden Age of Polyphony,’” writes the program’s consulting scholar, Honey Meconi of Rochester University.
“Seraphic Fire is one of the only groups that I know who could really perform this,” Quist said. “This is not music for any old group. This really requires a very specific skill set. For me, it’s like having the most glorious car to drive and with the most glorious music. The audience is going to walk away and say, ‘I am now a fan of all of this incredible Renaissance polyphony and just didn’t know about it.’”
Program Includes:
Regina caeli laetare — Heinrich Isaac
Ego flos campi — Jacobus Clemens Non Papa
Fresco y claro arroyuelo — Francisco Guerrero
The performance is on Friday, Jan 17,.8 p.m., at Church of the Little Flower, 2711 Indian Mound Rd. in Coral Gables.
A Pre-Concert Conversation will be presented one hour prior to the performance by Seraphic Fire artist Luthien Brackett.
Tickets and subscriptions are on sale now at SeraphicFire.org and by phone at 305-285-9060.
About Amanda Quist, guest conductor
Dr. Amanda Quist is director of Choral Activities at Western Michigan University’s Irving S. Gilmore School of Music. A WMU alum and Michigan native, Dr. Quist served as director of Choral Studies for the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Prior to that, she was at Westminster Choir College, where she served as chair of the Conducting, Organ, and Sacred Music Department. She is the recipient of Westminster Choir College’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the Mazzotti Award for Women’s Leadership, and she was named the Carol F. Spinelli Conducting Fellow.
Dr. Quist has collaborated in choral preparations with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Palm Beach Symphony, Dresden Staatskapelle, and the Spoleto Festival. Her early music ensemble, Westminster Kantorei, won first place in the 2018 American Prize for Choral Performance. Under Quist’s direction, Kantorei was invited to perform at the American Choral Directors Association’s (ACDA) Eastern Division Conference, Boston Early Music Festival, American Handel Festival, and Interkultur, and released its first commercial recording in 2017, Lumina, distributed by Naxos.
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