Tomas Luis de Victoria and the Spanish 'Nation' in Rome

Exsultemus performs a concert in Boston
Tomas Luis de Victoria and the Spanish 'Nation' in Rome
Wednesday, June 18 at 7:30pm
First Lutheran Church of Boston
FREE ADMISSION
Beginning in 1492, Spain initiated an unprecedented period of cultural domination. Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile—presiding over a throne united by marriage—succeeded in capturing the last Moorish stronghold in Granada, in beginning to colonize the Americas, and, with the election of Roderigo Borgia as the first Spanish pope, in achieving unparalleled access to the Papacy. The Spanish influence in Rome (and the New World) was palpable for the next two centuries, not least in the area of liturgical music. In this program, Exsultemus presents some of the most powerful and widely-traveled music by Spanish composers active in Rome during the sixteenth century, including excerpts from Tomás Luis de Victoria’s moving Lamentations for Holy Week.