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Pallade Musica:
Disputatio: Crucifixion/Resurrection

Music, we believe, is a source for understanding the mysteries of human experience. Disputatio, a medieval system of education, asks that traditional texts serve as the authority for exploring sides of an argument. Our concert explores mysteries represented by the Crucifixion–pain, lamentation, sorrow–and the Resurrection–joy, glory, happiness. The program centers on two major works from the collection called “Rosary” or “Mystery” Sonatas of H.I.F. Biber. These sonatas are notable for their use of scordatura, unusual tunings of the open strings, that may illustrate certain religious enigmas. Through Biber’s works and others of Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, Schieferlein, and Erlebach, the contrasting qualities present in the music may therefore help us to articulate and understand such mysteries.