This evening’s program paints a colorful portrait of the great age of polyphony, dominated by Franco-Flemish composers between 1450 and 1600. From generation to generation, the style, which they developed, became the musical language of Europe. The Huelgas Ensemble’s diverse program of secular and sacred music provides a fine primer to the astonishing cultural sphere.
Recorded live in concert June 1, 2017 in the German Church in Stockholm, Sweden as part of the Stockholm Early Music Festival.
PROGRAM
Pieter Maessens (~1505-1562)
Tota pulchra es
Nicolas Gombert (~1495-~1560)
Media vita
Pierre de Manchicourt (~1510-1564)
Faulte d’argent
Jacob Clement (~1515-155)
Sanctus “Gaude lux donatiane”
Je prens en gré la dure mort
Jacobus de Kerle (1531/2-1591)
Agnus Dei “Missa da pacem Domine”
Giaches de Wert (1535-1596)
Vox in rama
Philippus de Monte (1521-1603)
Solingo in selve
Fui preso, fui ferito
Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594)
Agnus Dei “Missa Triste depart”
Comme le tourterelle
Claude Le Jeune (~1530-1600)
Cigne je suis de candeur
Povre coeur entourné
ARTISTS
Huelgas Ensemble; Paul van Nevelm Director
Axelle Bernage, Sabine Lutzenberger; soprano
Helen Cassano; contralto
Adriaan de Koster, Paul Bentley-Angel, Achim Schulz, Tom Phillips, Metthew Vine; tenor
Frederik Sjollema, Romain Bockler; bass
Opening & Closing Theme for Baroque&Before:
Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Piva, performed by Musica Reservata (Boston Skyline BSD 123)
