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Cozzolani Concerti Sacri (1642): 7. Colligite pueri flores

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Warren Stewart, artistic director

Jennifer Ellis Kampani & Meg Bragle, soprano
David Tayler, theorbo
Hanneke van Proosdij, organ

One of the most immediately attractive of Cozzolani's Eucharistic duets is Colligite, pueri, flores, whose floral allusions evoke both the contemporary symbolism of the sacrament and make more specific reference to the feast of Corpus Christi, which occurs around the time of the first blooming of flowers. Devotion to the Body of Christ was one of the central features of nuns' spiritual life, and the opening of this text, with its call to v...


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