Camerata: White Light which contains All Colors: Music of Part and Ockeghem

The Brattleboro Camerata, a vocal ensemble devoted to exploring the beauty and power of Renaissance-era and Renaissance-inspired music, presents the music of Arvo Pärt and Johannes Ockeghem in a program titled “White Light Which Contains All Colors.”

The Camerata will perform Ockeghem’s Ave Maria and Salve Regina and Pärt’s Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, and Missa syllabica.

Music Director Jonathan Harvey explains, “Our featured composers are separated by centuries, and their work can sound otherworldly and distant from the sounds of modern music. That sense opens a space for a deeply mystical, awe-inspiring, and meditative listening experience.”

He adds, “Pärt once wrote, ‘I could compare my music to white light which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.’ The Camerata’s program takes that idea as its starting point, with music of striking starkness or severity that nonetheless has the power to unlock a profound kaleidoscope of feelings in listeners and performers.”