A Pergolesi Offering: Music of Sacrifice and Redemption

Sinfonia New York John Scott, director with guest artists Jessica Gould, soprano Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano Lisa Rautenberg, violin Marika Holmqvist, violin Theresa Salomon, viola Christine Gummere, cello John Scott, harpsichord Pergolesi’s works for the Lenten season, both the celebrated and the recently discovered. The two Salve Regina settings attributed to the composer, the F minor for alto and A minor for soprano, will be heard along with arias from the oratorio La Morte di San Giuseppe (The Death of St. Joseph). The famous duet setting of the Stabat Mater, considered to be his final composition, will close this Palm Sunday program.