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  • Two Fellows from Ghent: the Crazy World of Alexander Agricola and Jacob Obrecht

    Programme: T’andernaken, Jacob Obrecht (1457/8-1505) In minen zin, Alexander Agricola (c.1446-1506) Missa In minen zin: Agnus Dei II, Agricola Allez regretz, Agricola, based on a tenor by Hayne van Ghizeghem (c.1445between1493/1497) Si dedero, Agricola Salve regina II, Agricola, based on tenor of Walter Frye (d. before 1475), Ave regina celorum) Meiskin es u cutkin ru, Obrecht Benedictus from Missa Adieu mes amours, Obrecht Ave regina celorum, Obrecht Si sumpsero, Obrecht - INTERVAL - Rompeltier, ?Obrecht Je ne vis oncques, Agricola, based on a tenor by Gilles de Binche, dit Binchois (c.1400-1460) Credo Je ne vis oncques II (c.9’), Agricola Salve [...]

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  • Jacob Obrecht: ‘Scaramella!’

    Programme: Philippe qui videt me, Antoine Brumel (c.1460-1512/13) Scaramella, Josquin des Prez (c.1450-1521) Missa Scaramella, Jacob Obrecht (1457/8-1505) and Fabrice Fitch (b.1967) Kyrie Gloria [...]

  • Strange and Upside Down: The Fantastical World of Alexander Agricola (c.1455/60-1506)

    Against a post-Enlightenment yardsick of order and balance a composer of Agricola’s sensibilities can only ever come up short; but the listener willing to be persuaded might (as some commentators [...]

  • ‘In the Midst of Death there is Life’: The Musical Afterlife of Guillaume Du Fay

    Programme includes: Apostolo glorioso; Early Agnus Dei; Missa Resvellies vous, Gloria; Rite majorem Jacobum canamus; Mass of Saint Anthony of Padua, Gloria; Balsamus et munda cera; Easter Gloria-Credo; Ave [...]

  • Music for the King of Scots: The Pleasure Palace of James IV

    The present cycle, given the known proclivities of Linlithgow’s overlord, King James IV, may well have found a place in King’s devotions. Saint Katherine seems to have held a special [...]

  • Josquin/ Not Josquin… What’s in a Name?

    In recent years pieces accepted as being by Josquin have been falling like dominoes. One result has been that works placed in the Josquin ‘canon’ have occupied a narrower and [...]

  • Savoy Project

    Introduction In its heyday the Duchy of Savoy occupied a strong and distinctive position on the European stage: standing between two great cultures, those of Italy and France, it partook [...]

  • Music for St Ethelbert and the Blessed Virgin Mary

    This highly topical programme offers a concise lunchtime- or afternoon-length recital of 65’ duration with chant and polyphony in honour of St Ethelbert, king and martyr, and the Blessed Virgin [...]

  • Kingship and Saintliness: Music for St Edmund, King and Martyr

    This highly topical programme is offered in an evening concert format (50’ and 45’ with interval) with chant and polyphony in honour of St Edmund, king and martyr and from [...]

  • Saintly Images, Heavenly Music: the Sights and Sounds of a Late Medieval English Heaven

    Midlands alabaster was one of the great exports of the later Middle Ages. Quarried in south Derbyshire and adjacent parts of Staffordshire, it was easily malleable and beautifully luminous. Alabaster [...]

  • Music for St Thomas Becket and the Blessed Virgin Mary

    This highly topical programme, offered either as a full evening concert or a concise lunchtime- or afternoon-length recital of 65’ duration, presents a feast of music in honour of this [...]