Ensemble Hermes

Jeroen Spitteler, conductor

Magdalena!

Music on the way to Easter

Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena - Nicolas Champion

De Profundis - Nicolas Champion

Tulerunt Dominum meum - Josquin De Prez

Rabbouni - Jeroen Spitteler

Gregorian Repertoire

In the midst of the Lenten period Ensemble Hermes sings a program centering on Maria Magdalena, the woman who first saw the risen Jesus, a woman often dismissed as a prostitute but also revered as a saint.

Nicolas Champion (ca.1475-1533) wrote a mass in lush polyphonic style about her encounter with Jesus on that very first Easter day. This mass was preserved for centuries in the Bossche Koorboeken and is now finally being performed again.

You will also hear Champion's De Profundis, previously attributed to Josquin. Definitely by Josquin (ca.1450-1521) is the monumental Easter motet Tulerunt Dominum Meum.

In addition to Gregorian repertoire, there will also be music about Mary Magdalene from our time with the Easter motet for women's choir by Spitteler, composed in 2024.

During this concert the singers will sing from the original hand manuscripts and, as in the ancient practice, gathered round a central music stand specially designed for Hermes.

TICKETS: Presale: €18 / €10(<18+student) contact@ensemblehermes.nl

At the door: €20 / €12,50((<18+student)

Stadspas €5