No idea what Part One was about – presumably Part Two looked the more interesting concert to us or Part One was on a date we couldn’t do.
We heard:
- Josquin Desprez – Missa Sine nomine
- Josquin Desprez – Memor esto
- Josquin Desprez – Victimae paschali
- Josquin Desprez – Tu solus qui facis mirabilia
- Heinrich Isaac – Tota pulchra es
- Nicholas Gombert – Magnificat IV
The Tallis Scholars under the leadership of Peter Phillips are always terrific at this sort of stuff. Among the finest exponents of Josquin, The Tallis Scholars have recorded the lot.
Here’s a link to their recording of Josquin’s Missa Sine Nomine on YouTube Music.
Here’s a more recent example video:
Here’s a recording of them singing Heinrich Issac’s Tota Pulchra Es:
While here is a short excerpt from the Gombert Magnificat.
I’m pretty sure that I bought my copy of that CD, with all the Gombert Magnificats, at that concert. That’s a recording I return to quite often, as it is so good. Here’s a link to the whole thing on YouTube Music.
A splendid Thursday evening at The Wig.