November 2005

Senfl (& Christmas) at the Court of Maximilian

NOTE: All of the music on this program is from the recording Sacred Music at the Vienna Court Chapel of Maximilian I featuring the Clemencic Consort and the boys Choralschola of the Vienna Court Chapel directed by Dr. Rene Clemencic.

Composer: HEINRICH ISAAC (1450-1517), JOSQUIN DES PREZ (c.1450-1521), LUDWIG SENFL (1486-1543), HANS COTTER (c. 1485-1541), LEONHARD KLEBER (c. 1495-1556)

CD Info: CD # OC-340

Liturgy from Armenia

NOTE: One of the earliest series we did on Millennium was dedicated to the sacred music of the first Christian nation; this week, we'll sample performances from Armenian communities in France, Washington, D.C. and Providence, RI as this exquisite liturgy is recreated.

Composer: MOVSES KERTOGH (6th cen.), GRIGOR PAHLAVUNI (12th cen.), HOVHANESS YERZNGATSI (13th cen.), NERSES SHNORHALI (12 cen.), SOCRATES BOYAJIAN, MOVSES KHORENATSI (5th.cen.), VARTAN AREVELTSI (13th cen.)

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A Rediscovered Polish Master: Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz

NOTE: Only in the 1970s (thanks to Jaromir Cerny's researches) could we identify the legendary "Petrus" as associated with some of the great compositions from late medieval Europe; this week, with David Eben and his Schola Gregoriana of Prague, we hear this lost master.

Composer: GUILLAUME DUFAY (1397-1474)

CD Info: CD SU 3807-2

Lassus: The Song of Songs

NOTE: All of the music on this program is from the recent release of music of Roland de Lassus with the Cardinall's Musick directed by Andrew Carwood on the ASV Gaudeamus label, CD # GAU 310.

Composer: ROLAND de LASSUS (c.1532-1594)

CD Info: CD # GAU 310