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Newton Baroque presents a program of motets for five and six voices by Vicente Lusitano and his contemporaries Nicolas Gombert, Cristóbal Morales, and Adrian Willaert. Lusitano was among the first Black composers to publish music, and most of the works on this concert come from his Liber primus epigramatum, a 1551 collection of motets for five to eight voices. As was the case in 1550s Rome, this concert will be sung by an all-male ensemble. Because this music will be so new to most of us, and also in order to celebrate the music of a distinguished composer with African heritage, our Artistic Director Andrus Madsen will offer a preconcert lecture one hour before each performance.
