Sequentia
Music Before 1800 presents Sequentia
Gregorius ~ The Holy Sinner
The 12th-century German knight and poet Hartmann von Aue relates an astonishing tale of victory over despair. Sequentia performs this premiere reconstruction about a man tossed about by fortune, and unaware of his incestuous origins, who returns from near death to become a great holy man. Hartmann’s ancient tale reaches far into the past, echoing the presence of Oedipus in his darkest moments. At its most inspiring, it is a tale of limitless possibility and inextinguishable hope.
Benjamin Bagby, Jasmina Črnčič, and Lukas Papenfusscline ~ voices and Romanesque harps.
Sunday, January 12 at 4 pm
Tickets: $5–$60
Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street, Manhattan






