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At the Court of the Virgin Mary
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Ab ora summa nuncius (anon) English, late 13th century from our Masters of the Rolls cd.
Flos floriger (anon) from The Earliest Songbook in England cd.
O Jerusalem (Hildegard) from the Jerusalem: Vision of Peace cd.
Joieux de cuer (Solage) from The Medieval Romantics cd.
Missa Caput - Agnus Dei (anon) from The Spirits of England and France - 4 cd.
A solis ortus (anon) from The Spirits of England and France - 5 cd.
Ave, generosa by Hildegard of Bingen from the cd A feather on the breath of God.
The Kyrie from Missa de Feria by Pierra de la Rue from the cd Pierra de la Rue: Missa de Feria, Missa Sancta Dei Genitrix.
Dueil angoisseux (Binchois) from The Castle of Fair Welcome cd.

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A Medieval Grand Tour

A musical journey of discovery around Europe

At one time no aspiring English gentleman's education was complete without his having made the "Grand Tour", a journey around Europe to sample the principle cultures and languages of other countries. This programme takes us on a musical voyage sampling the sacred and secular delights of five countries and six centuries!

Home-base for our tour is the medieval Germany of Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, to which we return throughout the programme. In the meantime we call in on England, France, Italy and Spain over a period of time spanning the 11th to the 16th centuries, encountering on our way the works of such great medieval composers as Francesco Landini, Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay and Francisco de Peñalosa.

This is a programme of great variety, from the spare beauty of Hildegard via light, melodious polyphony to the challenges and rewards of the more complex works of Machaut and Dufay. Sight-seeing of the highest order!

You can listen to the following pieces from this programme:

  • Plus bele que flors / Quant revient    Lower quality, phone modem   Higher quality, broadband
  • Joieux de cuer    Lower quality, phone modem   Higher quality, broadband