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NOTA BENE PRESENTS CONCERT OF RENAISSANCE LENTEN MUSIC

Nota Bene, San Diego's newest ensemble, will

present a special springtime concert entitled "Lux Aeterna:

Renaissance Music for Lent" on Saturday, April 4, at 8 p.m. in

Founders Chapel at the University of San Diego.

Sponsored by the USD Department of Fine Arts, "Lux Aeterna"

will feature vocal and instrumental music of

(ca. 1450-1518), Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517),

(ca. 1446-1506), and Josquin des Pres (1440-1521). As with all

'- Nota Bene concerts, "Lux Aeterna" will showcase authentic

performances on period instruments.

The program will begin with raucous Italian "carnevale" music

comparable to songs of the Mardi Gras celebration. The highlight

of the program will be a rare performance of Pierre de la Rue's

"Requiem Mass."

Tickets are $7 general admission, $5 students/seniors.

For this concert, Nota Bene will be joined by soprano Virginia

Sublett, who is a principal artist with the Los Angeles Music

Center Opera. She recently made her European debut at L'Opera de

Nice in France and has appeared with the San Diego Symphony, the

Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, and the Concert Royal.

( Nota Bene, a five-member ensemble of professional musicians,

Alcala Park, San Diego, California92110 619/260-4682 includes: Lewis Peterman, San Diego State University associate

professor of music, on winds and ; flutist Paula Peterman on

winds; Marianne Richert Pfau, USD assistant professor of music,

on winds; countertenor Roger Pines, who is the San Diego Opera's

Director of Education; and tenor Stephen Sturk, who is music

director at st. James-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla.

Nota Bene made its San Diego debut October 5 in a concert

entitled "Music from the Age of Columbus" in Founders Chapel.

The ensemble has been invited to appear in the International

Series of the San Diego Early Music Society in 1993.

For further information, please contact the Nota Bene office, ( 235-6834. Tickets can be bought at the door and also in advance

from the USD Box Office (260-4600. ext. 4901).

-30- Department of Fine Arts

presents

Ensemble for Early Music

Lewis Peterman Paula Peterman Marianne Richert Pfau Roger Pines Stephen Sturk with Virginia Sublett, soprano

Lux lETERNA ( RENAISSANCE :viusrc FOR LENT

featuring

Pierre de la Rue: Requiem

and Italian "Carnevale" Songs and works by Josquin des Pres, Heinrich Isaac & others

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1992 at 8 p.m.

Founders Chapel - University of San Diego

Donalion Jl and J5 students/seniors Tickets at the door, or in ad'l!ance from USD Box Office (619) 260-4600, ext. 4901 For further information telephone: (619) 235-6834