The French (Italian) Connection at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral

At the turn of the 16th century, King Charles VIII of France and the lords of the great Italian city-states vied for military and cultural dominance. Music and ideas flowed across borders and a groundbreaking Italian printer captured it all on paper, beginning with the “Gutenberg Bible of music,” the Harmonice Musices Odhecaton. Piffaro, the Renaissance Band and GRAMMY award-winning tenor James Reese bring to life the clash of arms, the sublime songs, the courtly dances, and one of the most beautiful elegies for a musical master ever written!