Produced by Tomomi Nishimoto:
A Concert of Music and Prayer Performed by the Tensho Embassy
The journey of the Tensho embassy can still be found in the records of academies in the Vatican, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. This concert features an introduction of that journey through recreations of Mancio Ito's clothing and slides alongside a reconstructed performance of the music they played and by the composers they met. It also includes a votive performance of a Gregorian chant that is a prayer passed down entirely through the oral tradition for approximately 450 years on Ikitsuki Island in Hirado, Nagasaki.
Information
Date & Time
2025.08.09 (sat.)
15:00 Performance Begins
Performers
< Musical Director and Guide >
Director Tomomi Nishimoto (Italian Pavillion ambassador)
< Orchestra >
IlluminArt Philharmonic Renaissance Ensemble (IPRE)
< Soprano >
Ayako Suo
< Viola da Braccio >
Takuya Sakamoto
< Viola da Gamba >
Kiyoko Nakano
< Vihuela >
Tomoko Koide
Program
< Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina >
Jesu flos matris virginis (Jesus, flower born of the Virgin Mother)
< Cristóbal de Morales >
Et ascendit in caelum (As ascended into heaven)
Credo from the mass Benedicta es caelorum regina (Blessed are you, queen of heaven)
< Josquin des Prez >
Mille regretz (A thousand regrets) / La canción del Emperador (Song of the Emperor)
O gloriosa Domina
Nunc dimittis (Now, my Lord)
< From the Elvas Songbook >
Song 9: Lo que queda es lo Seguro (What remains is what is certain)
Song 20: Porque me não vês, Joana (Why will you not see me, Joana?)
Song 25: Las triestes lágrimas mías (My sorrowful tears)
Song 61: Ojuelos graciosos (Lovely little eyes)
Song 34: Toda noite e todo dia (Every night and every day)
< Tomás Luis de Victoria >
Ascendens Christus in altum (Christ rose up)