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Fount and Origin - The Moon of All Music
Polyphony of Remembrance from the 15th Century
Add to my Calendar 07-11-2019 20:00 07-11-2019 22:00 36 Fount and Origin - The Moon of All Music This concert traces the remarkable tradition of composing music for the dead in the 15th century. The programme is centred around Antoine Brumel’s (c.1460-1512) powerful Requiem Mass, which is the earliest surviving setting to include the text of the sequence, ‘Dies irae’, to glorious effect. We explore music written by composers in memory of their peers, revealing the hidden sense of community and loss shared by prominent musicians in the twilight of the Middle Ages. This beautiful and inspiring pageant of poetry and music is not to be missed. Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Magdalen College Chapel
Magdalen College
High Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4AU
England
Programme
Johannes Ockeghem – Mors tu as navré/Miserere
Guillaume Dufay – Lamentio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
Antoine Brumel – Missa pro defunctis
~ Interval ~
Loyset Compère – Omnium bonorum
F. Andrieu – Armes, amours
Josquin Desprez – Nymphes des bois
Performers
James Tomlinson – Artistic Director
Fount & Origin
Programme Note
This concert traces the remarkable tradition of composing music for the dead in the 15th century. The programme is centred around Antoine Brumel’s (c.1460-1512) powerful Requiem Mass, which is the earliest surviving setting to include the text of the sequence, ‘Dies irae’, to glorious effect. We explore music written by composers in memory of their peers, revealing the hidden sense of community and loss shared by prominent musicians in the twilight of the Middle Ages. This beautiful and inspiring pageant of poetry and music is not to be missed.
