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Quince Ensemble

Cantus ad Fontem: The Sound of Water
Thursday, February 11, 2027, 7:30PM
Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 West 46th St., NYC)

Single Tickets on Sale July 13 at 12PM

In their series debut, the acclaimed Quince Ensemble performs medieval and Renaissance works centered on texts about water. Through music by composers such as Machaut, Palestrina, and Sheppard, the illustrative program traces connections between earth and sky, body and spirit.

Quince Ensemble by Aleksandr Karjaka Karjaka Studios 960x1446
Photo by Aleksandr Karjaka / Karjaka Studios

In their series debut, the acclaimed Quince Ensemble performs medieval and Renaissance works centered on texts about water. Through music by composers such as Machaut, Palestrina, and Sheppard, the illustrative program traces connections between earth and sky, body and spirit.

Repertoire

  • Anonymous

    Asperges me
  • Anonymous Par grant soif, Cyprus Codex
  • Jacquet de Berchem Consumandomi vo
  • Séverin Cornet Ite caldi sospir
  • Orlande de Lassus Come lume di notte
  • Clay Mettens Excerpt from Flowers of the Sky (2026) world premiere
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Deh, or foss'io col vago della luna
  • John Sheppard

    Audivi vocem de caelo
  • John Taverner

    Hodie nobis caelorum Rex
  • Christopher Tye

    Sub tuam protectionem

Performers

  • Quince Ensemble
  • Tracy Cowart guest vocalist

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