Early Music Missouri continues its collaborative presentations with the St. Louis Art Museum on November 29 with a free concert of Renaissance vocal music for the Christmas season. The program takes place in Grigg Gallery as part of SLAM’s Festive Friday events. This performance is the second of three EMMo will offer during the 2024 Holiday Season at SLAM.
The program celebrates the Christmas season with vocal and instrumental music ranging from Gregorian chant to High Renaissance motets. The repertoire includes Tomás Luis de Victoria’s O magnum mysterium, Josquin des Prez’s Ave Maria and other seasonal motets by Heinrich Isaac, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Jean Mouton and others. The performers–Samantha Arten, Oliva Roland, Jeffrey Ballard and Kevin Warner–perform regularly as members of EMMo’s Vocal Ensemble as well as with many other choral ensembles in the region. The singers will introduce and discuss the music and audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions about the music and Early Music performance.
SLAM is open to the public and on Festive Fridays the museum is open late and admission to special exhibitions is free.
Early Music Missouri is the region’s foremost promoter and presenter of Early Music concerts. Its performances feature Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque repertoire performed on period instruments by expert performers from the region and nation. For more information about Early Music Missouri, visit our website earlymusicmissouri.com
