Bonum Est: a programme on Gregorian Chant. Gregorian hymns – Turkish or not?
In the 13th episode of Bonum Est you will hear Gregorian hymns and Turkish ilahis. It is unknown how the Gregorian Chant originally sounded. But especially the Gregorian hymns are well cut for various performance concepts. Adjacent to the islamic practice of the ilahis, Wouter Swets places a number of hymns in complex Turkish times.
Ensemble Al Farabi led by Wouter Swets (with glasses)
1. Hymnus "Benedictus es".
The Benedictine nuns of Notre-Dame de l’Annonciation.
(Decca 2748264, 2010)
2. Hymnus "Pange lingua / Crux fidelis".
Schola Antiqua led by John Blackley.
(Decca 417 324-2, 1987)
3. Hymnus "Lucis Creator".
Ensemble Gregoriana led by Geert Maessen.
(Concert recording, Saint Séverin and Condroz (Nandrin), Belgium, 1 May 2009)
4. Acem ilâhî "Muhammed’ e bir gece".
5. Hymnus in toni 1 + 2 "Caelestis aulae nuntius".
6. Hüseynî ilâhî "Biçareyim".
7. Hymnus in tonus 1 "Decora lux".
8. Şehnâz ilâhî "Buyruk senim".
9. Hymnus in tonus 3 "Hostis Herodes impie".
10. Hüzzam ilâhî "Ey benim lebbeyk".
11. Hymnus in tonus 4 "Quodcumque in orbe".
12. Ferahfezâ ilâhî "Firkatim nâriyle".
13. Hymnus in tonus 8 "Lucis Creator".
14. Nevâ ilâhî "Bir garibsin hu dünyada".
15. Hymnus in tonus 7 "Benedictus es".
16. Pençgâh ilâhî "Merhabâ ey şule".
17. Hymnus in tonus 1 "Pange lingua".
18. Hicaz ilâhî "Cenâb-ı pâkine".
Ensemble Al Farabi led by Wouter Swets.
CD ‘Sabâ kâr-ı nâtık, ilâhîler, Gregorian hymns’.
(PAN Records PAN 2073, 2001)