Early Lutheran Vicinium Touring the Church Calendar 14

　Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for questioning the medieval Catholic Church, but many others came to agree with Luther's ideas and promoted the Reformation. In Wittenberg, where Luther was active, several collections of "bitinium," polyphonic music for two voices, were published during the 16th and 17th centuries.

　Since some of the publications and works are closely related to Luther and the church calendar, it is likely that they were used by the early Lutherans for music education and worship.

　Although each piece of vitinium is short, it is dense and concentrated with the techniques of Renaissance polyphony. In this concert, we will perform a "calendar year's worth" of masterpieces of Vitinium, which were toured in a total of 13 concerts in 2023 and 2024, and Pastor Jin Akiyama of Japan Evangelical Lutheran Toyonaka Church will talk about the church calendar, worship, and quoted biblical words.

　Please come and listen to the recorder and viola da braccio duo perform a "year's worth" of "vitinium according to the church calendar," which is rarely mentioned in either the history of Christianity or the history of music!