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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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Bruno of Toul

Medieval music featuring 11th century plainchant of Pope Leo IX

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Bruno of Toul, who became Pope Leo IX in 1049, was an extraordinary man. A gifted musician, praised for the “honeyed sweetness” of his chants, he was also the pope who led an army against the Normans in southern Italy, a precursor to the Crusades.

This programme is constructed so as to lead us step by step back in time, four polyphonic songs taking us from the sonority of the 14th century to the limpid, contemplative genre of mid-11th century plainchant. The core of the concert consists of Bruno's chants for the feast of his papal predecessor St Gregory the Great, together with sequences by earlier contemporaries such as Notker. Finally we retrace our steps towards the end of the 14th century with a sumptuous postlude of polyphonic pieces. Drawn into the world of chant, the audience will be given the chance to explore and enjoy the subtle changes over four decades of this remarkable music.

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