Musica Ficta: Tenebrae Responsories by Tomás Luis de Victoria
The Tenebrae
Responsories, known also as "Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae", are one of
the most original musical monuments of the Catholic Easter liturgy, by the most
illustrious composer of the Spanish Golden Age: Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611).
Musica
Ficta, directed by Raúl Mallavibarrena, is one of the most outstanding
professional ensembles in the interpretation of ancient Spanish music. Since
its foundation in 1992, it has toured the main festivals in Spain and the
world. It has recorded 21 CDs, with excellent reviews and awards in Spain,
France and the USA.
Raúl
Mallavibarrena (Oviedo, 1970) began his music studies with his father Juan
Bautista Mallavibarrena. Specialized in the repertoire of the fifteenth to the
eighteenth centuries, he is the founder and director of Musica Ficta and the
Enchiriadis label. He has conducted concerts at the most important festivals in
Spain, and in many countries in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, South
America, USA. UU and Japan. His repertoire goes from the Middle Ages through
the European Renaissance to oratorios by Monteverdi, Händel and Bach,
zarzuelas, cantatas and baroque operas by Vivaldi.
With the support of Cambridge Early Music, ILAMS and the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in UK.