Repertoire 2002

  • Gregorian chant for local saints (Trudo and Bavo), from local manuscripts (Ghent, Tongeren and Liège).

  • Gregorian chant on the theme of the Song of Songs and the use of the Song of Songs in the worship of the Virgin Mary in the fifteenth century, as part of a programme by Capilla Flamenca. Paraphrases of the Song of Songs from a gradual of the Sint-Donaaskerk in Bruges (ca.1468 – 1483) and from a late fifteenth century antiphonal that was brought to Bruges from Italy in the sixteenth century.

  • Project in collaboration with Capilla Flamenca, based on the remarkable manuscript 215 – 216 in the Brusselse Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Brussels Royal Library). This antiphonary (1514, Alamire) is completely dedicated to the Feast of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows. Fragments of the Gregorian mass, alternatim with the polyphony of Pierre de la Rue.

  • A two part programme of Gregorian chant with emphasis on the worship of the Saints and the Virgin Mary in Flanders in the late Middle Ages. Including a performance of the Credo in fauxbourdon, as found in a Ghent gradual (late fiftenth century, University Library MS 14).