Program
Kyrie Eleison
O Virtus Sapientiae. Hildegard von Bingen, arranged for a capella ensemble by Cheryl Lynn Helm (b. 1957)
Stella splendens, a virelai. Anonymous. Ell Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (Catalonia, 13th–14th centuries)
I am number dissolvitur / Iam novum sidus oritur, double motet. Anonymous. Codex Las Huelgas (Spain, XIII–XIV centuries)
Pastyme With Good Companye, a ballad. Henry VIII (1491–1547)
Plus belle que flor est / Quant revient / L’autrier joer / Flos filius eius, a motet. Anonymous. Codex Montpellier (France, 13th century)
Plus dure qu’un dyamant, a ballad. Guillaume de Machaut
Je ne cuit pas, a ballad. Guillaume de Machaut
Quant en moy / Amour et biauté parfaite / Amara valde, motet. Guillaume de Machaut
Belial vocatur, motet. Anonymous. Codex Las Huelgas (Spain, 18-19th centuries)
Célébrons sans cesse, canon. Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594)
If Ye Love Me, anthem. Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505–1585)
Tant que vivray, a chanson. Claudin de Sermisy (ca. 1490–1562)
Belle qui tiens ma vie, a pavane for 4 voices. Thoinot Arbeau (1520–1595)
Quand je bois du vin clairet, tourdion (dance). Anonymous. Collection of Pierre Attaingnant “9 basses dances, 2 branles, 25 Pavennes, avec 15 Gaillardes” (Paris, 1530)
Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite. John Dowland (1562/63–1625)
What Can We Poor Females Do?, песня, Z 429. Henry Purcell (1659–1695)