Monday 7 December, 19:15

The Little-Known Advent

Performed by La Chambre des Anges and Gli Angeli Genève, this programme revives a forgotten treasury of 17th-century Polish music. The evening blends sacred Advent motets and vivid instrumental pieces by Mikołaj Zieleński, Marcin Mielczewski, Bartłomiej Pękiel, Marcin Szelest and other contemporaries. Elegant vocal lines, period instrumentation and attentive ensemble phrasing reveal liturgical intimacy and bright instrumental colour, inviting attentive listening to rarely heard repertoire. A short introductory talk frames the historical and musical context.

Rue des Terreaux-du-Temple 12,
, Switzerland
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