Musical Patronage at Imperial Abbeys

Musical Patronage at Imperial Abbeys

The music archive at Kremsmünster Abbey, one of the most valuable collections of baroque sacred music in the world. Musica Transalpina is thrilled to present a program of sacred music from monastic sources on Saturday July 12 in Pasadena and Sunday July 13 in Newport...
Eternal Majesty: Requiem for an Empress

Eternal Majesty: Requiem for an Empress

Musica Transalpina is proud to present the first known American performance of Emperor Leopold’s Missa pro defunctis, which he composed for the death of the Empress Margaret Theresa in 1673.  The marriage between the Infanta Margaret Theresa and Holy Roman...
A Mass for Peace

A Mass for Peace

In a rapidly modernizing world marked by conflict, Jacobus de Kerle masterfully weaves the ethereal votive antiphon Da pacem, Domine into a magnificent cantus firmus mass as a cry for peace. Possibly written as a commemoration of the epic sea victory at Lepanto in...
Biber’s Requiem à: 15. in Concerto

Biber’s Requiem à: 15. in Concerto

Join Musica Transalpina as we present Heinrich Biber’s rarely-heard Requiem in A Major for All Souls’ Day: Saturday November 2, 2024 at 11 A. M. and Sunday November 3, 2024 at 7 P. M. Free liturgical performanceSaturday November 2, 2024 at 11 A. M.The...