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"Evviva
Ottaviano!" A Celebration of the Petrucci Motetti a
cinque (1508)
Ensemble: 6 musicians |
| The present programme
has been devised as a celebration in sound of the quincentenary
of Ottaviano de' Petrucci's epoch-making book of five-voice
motets, the Motetti a cinque of 1508. In showcasing this
repertory, the programme reveals how new horizons of polyphonic
inventiveness and sheer vocal sonority emerged in the motet
repertory in the years either side of 1500. It also marks the
initial stage of a three-year project to study the five-voice
repertory in detail, and to explore it more fully in performance.
For this music makes a sonic impact of great presence and immediacy
as well as subtlety and refinement, showing absolutely nothing
of its age and positively demanding wide public exposure. |
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Dufay
y Savoya
Ensemble: 9 or 7 musicians |
| Works by: G. Dufay,
Mass Se la face ay pale, propers for St Maurice (patron
of the ducal house), songs from Chansonnier Cordiforme, etc. |
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Music for St
James the Greater by Guillaume Dufay
Ensemble: 9 musicians
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The
Company of Saints
Ensemble: 9 musicians |
| Works by: J. Obrecht,
Mass Libenter gloriabor, O beate Basili O beate pater;
L. Compère, Asperges me, Gaude prole regia;
A. Brumel, Filippe, qui vidit me ; A. Agricola, Sancte
Philippe appostole; A. Willaert, O Gemma clarissima Catharina;
J. Mouton, Gaude, virgo Catharina; Al. Agricola, Credo
/ Je ne vis onques ; H. Isaac, Regina caeli |
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"Glorious
Companion": Music for St Anthony of Padua by Guillaume
Dufay
Ensemble: 7 musicians |
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Spain
and the North: Spanish Composers in the Service of Philippe
le Beau
Ensemble: 9 musicians |
| Works by: J. de Anchieta,
F. de Peñalosa, L. Compère, A. Brumel |
The chapel of Philippe
le Beau is justly renouned for its illustrious membership, including
some of the great Franco-Flemish figures of late medieval polyphony.
Less well known, however, is its inclusion, through the incorporation
of members of the Castillian Royal Household to the employment
of Juana of Castille, of important Spanish musicians. Most prominent
among these was Juan de Anchieta, who toured northern Europe
as a member of the chapel, reaching as far as Southern England.
While not a member of the chapel, the influence of its composing
members was clearly also felt by Francisco de Peñalosa,
the illustrious singer of the Aragonese Royal Chapel from the
end of the fifteenth century until the death of King Ferdinand
in 1516. Indeed, it has been suggested that both his and La
Rue's Masses on Urrede's Nunca fue pena major may have
been composed for the wedding of Philippe and Juana. This programme
showcases the motets of these composers, combining superb Marian
motets with a series of finely crafted and deeply moving motets
for the blessed sacrament. |
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