Monday 18 January, 20:00

Josquin Desprez – La Chambre des Anges

Gli Angeli continues its exploration of Josquin Desprez with a programme devoted to his Marian music, centred on the Missa Ave maris stella. The concert alternates sections of the mass with striking motets to create a living, contrasted journey through Renaissance polyphony. Josquin’s clarity of line, vocal purity and expressive inventiveness shape an immediate and moving experience, where complex craftsmanship becomes accessible and luminous. The evening invites listeners to rediscover masterpieces of sacred music in an intimate, contemplative setting.

Rue des Terreaux-du-Temple 12,
, Switzerland
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