Magnificat
Warren Stewart, artistic director
Catherine Webster, soprano
Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano
David Tayler, theorbo
Hanneke van Proosdij, organ
Cozzolani included a setting of each of the four Marian Antiphons in her 1642 collection, Concerti sacri. "Alma redemptoris mater" is published for soprano and bass and for Magnificat's performance the bass part has been transposed up an octave
The antiphon Alma Redemptoris Mater is attributed to Herman Contractus (1013-1054), a monk who lived in Reichenau near Lake Constance. Its mention in The Prioress' Tale in Cha...