An educational programme featuring early music. We’re approaching the end of the year. That is why we play Christmas music in Documento today. The principal part is made up by the Mass “Pastores quidnam vidistis” of the composer Jacobus Clemens non Papa.
Jacobus Clemens non Papa (ca 1510 – 1555)
1 Motet Pastores quidnam vidistis (1554)
2 Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis (posthumous 1559, five-part)
– Kyrie
– Gloria
– Sanctus & Benedictus
– Agnus Dei
Hieronymus Praetorius (1560 – 1629)
3 Magnificat quinti toni
Jacobus Gallus (1550 – 1591)
4 Canite tuba
5 Mirabile mysterium
Hans Leo Hassler (1564 – 1612)
6 Hodie Christus natus est
Stile Antico
(CD: “A wondrous mystery – Renaissance choral music for Christmas”. Harmonia Mundi HMU 807575, 2015)
Supplement:
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 1704)
From: Noëls sur les instruments, H.531/H.534 (1688/1698)
7 Joseph est bien marié
8 Où s’en vont ces gais bergers
Freddy Eichelberger, organ; Les Dominos and Les Agrémens conducted by Florence Malgoire
(CD: “Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Pour un reposoir”. Ricercar RIC 338, 2014)
Picture: Adoración de los pastores (1668) of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
