Tue, 13.10.2026
Vocal Ensemble Graindelavoix (BE) Josquin the Undead. Music by Josquin des Prez
Concert title
Vocal ensemble Graindelavoix (BE) Josquin the Undead. Music by Josquin des Prez
Date
Tue 13.10.2026
Start of the concert
19:30
Contributors
Name of the ensemble
Andrew Hallock, alto
Teodora Tommasi, soprano
Florencia Menconi, soprano
Albert Riera, tenor
André Pérez Muíño, tenor
Marius Peterson, tenor
Tomàs Maxé, baritone
Arnout Malfliet, bass
Floris De Rycker, lute
Teodora Tommasi, soprano
Florencia Menconi, soprano
Albert Riera, tenor
André Pérez Muíño, tenor
Marius Peterson, tenor
Tomàs Maxé, baritone
Arnout Malfliet, bass
Floris De Rycker, lute
Line
Björn Schmelzer
program
With Josquin the Undead, one of the world's leading vocal ensembles for early music opens the "Vocal Parallels" series. Graindelavoix and its artistic director Björn Schmelzer have decisively shaped the performance practice of early music with their distinctive sound and uncompromising approach to historical scores.
At the heart of the program is the Septiesme livre de chansons, published in Antwerp in 1545 by Tielman Susato. Published twenty-four years after Josquin Desprez's death, this volume is dedicated exclusively to his music—an extraordinary document of musical memory in the 16th century.
Late chansons by Josquin, such as Nymphes des bois, Faulte d'argent, and Baisiez moy, are juxtaposed with funeral motets by his contemporaries, including Gombert's Musae Jovis. Quotations migrate from work to work, motifs return transformed, and compositions seem to recall one another. Powerlessness, heartbreak, melancholy, and death form the inner horizon of a music in which memory itself becomes musical form.
Josquin the Undead is one of Graindelavoix's outstanding programs. The recording of the same name was awarded the German Record Critics' Prize in 2022.
Program:
Josquin des Prez
Praeter rerum seriem
Nicolas Gombert
Musae Jovis
Josquin des Prez
Baisiez moy
Josquin
Parfons regretz
Josquin des Prez
Nymphes nappées
Josquin des Prez
Plusieurs regretz
Josquin des Prez
Nymphes des bois
Josquin des Prez
Douleur me bat
Bernardino de Ribera
Vox in Rama
Giaches de Wert
Vox in Rama audita est
At the heart of the program is the Septiesme livre de chansons, published in Antwerp in 1545 by Tielman Susato. Published twenty-four years after Josquin Desprez's death, this volume is dedicated exclusively to his music—an extraordinary document of musical memory in the 16th century.
Late chansons by Josquin, such as Nymphes des bois, Faulte d'argent, and Baisiez moy, are juxtaposed with funeral motets by his contemporaries, including Gombert's Musae Jovis. Quotations migrate from work to work, motifs return transformed, and compositions seem to recall one another. Powerlessness, heartbreak, melancholy, and death form the inner horizon of a music in which memory itself becomes musical form.
Josquin the Undead is one of Graindelavoix's outstanding programs. The recording of the same name was awarded the German Record Critics' Prize in 2022.
Program:
Josquin des Prez
Praeter rerum seriem
Nicolas Gombert
Musae Jovis
Josquin des Prez
Baisiez moy
Josquin
Parfons regretz
Josquin des Prez
Nymphes nappées
Josquin des Prez
Plusieurs regretz
Josquin des Prez
Nymphes des bois
Josquin des Prez
Douleur me bat
Bernardino de Ribera
Vox in Rama
Giaches de Wert
Vox in Rama audita est
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