Messiaen’s “Visions of Amen” for two pianos

Sunday May 23: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 21-35)

Visions of a Better World

Messiaen: Visions de l’Amen for Two Pianos

Michael Brown, Piano I; Orion Weiss, Piano II

Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte in E major for Piano, Op. 19b, No. 1

Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano

Early Music With Sara Schneider (EMN 20-48)

Music for a Medici Pope

This week, we'll hear music that might have been heard at the court of Pope Leo X, who was born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici in 1475. We'll hear a motet in Leo's honor by Andreas de Silva, plus works by Jean Mouton, whose music the pope admired. We'll hear performances by Cappella Pratensis, plus selections from The Lion's Ear featuring La Morra.

Rossino Mantovano: Lirum bililirum. Dominico da Piacenza: Rostibolli Gioioso. La Morra

Antoine Bruhier: Vivite felice. Anon.: Fortuna Desperata. La Morra

Andreas de Silva: Gaude felix Florentia. Cappella Pratensis

Johannes de la Fage: Videns dominus civitatem desolatam. Cappella Pratensis

Francesco Canova da Milano: Fantasia De mon triste. La Morra

Marco Antonio Cavazzoni: Lautre yor per un matin. Josquin des Prez Salve, regina. La Morra

Pope Leo X: Cela sans plus. Pope Leo X: Canon di papa Lione. La Morra

Jean Mouton Nesciens mater. Jean Mouton: Exalta regina Gallie. Cappella Pratensis

Michele Pesenti: Che farala, che dirala. La Morra