Taft's Music for a While performance series continues on Friday, January 27 with acclaimed period vocal ensemble Exsultemus. The concert begins at 7:00 p.m. in Woodward Chapel.
Declared “unquestionably in the top-tier of Renaissance vocal ensembles in the Northeast” by Boston Musical Intelligencer and hailed for its “stunningly unified ensemble sound,” Exsultemus was founded in 2003 to explore remarkable but seldom-performed Renaissance and Baroque vocal works. The Boston-based ensemble features extraordinary soloists and reflects the use of the most recent research into historically-informed performance. Exsultemus has performed more than three dozen original programs, from liturgical reconstructions of Renaissance Vespers services to Telemann’s St. John Passion of 1737. Taking its name from the Latin for “let us rejoice,” Exsultemus is modeled after small estate and chapel choirs with musicians performing one on a part and without conductor, working rather as a chamber ensemble than a traditional choir and offering audiences vibrant and engaging performances.
At Taft, Exsultemus will perform “Music for Voices and Brass from Italy and Germany.” The concert features the grand sonorities of cornetti, sackbuts, and organ mingled with the exquisite voices of Exsultemus. The ensemble will take listeners on journey of music for voices and brass from Italy over the mountains to Germany and Eastern Europe. Tickets are not required. For more information on the event, call the Taft School box office at 860-945-7898, or visit www.TaftSchool.org/arts/concertseries. For more information about the artists, visit www.exsultemus.