Western religious music from different centuries. Today, an episode with music composed in the southern Netherlands in the 18th century.
Pierre-Hercule Bréhy was chapel master of the collegiate church of St Gudula and St Michael in Brussels from 1705 until his death in 1737. He was succeeded by Joseph-Hector Fiocco, who had been Kapellmeister of the cathedral of Antwerp.
Willem Gommaar Kennis was the first chapel master of the St Gummarus church in the town of Lier, and of St Peters church in the town of Leuven, from 1750 until his death in 1789.
Pierre-Hercule Bréhy (1673-1737)
1. Missa pro defunctis
cantoLX and Ensemble de la Chapelle Saint-Marc conducted by Frank Agsteribbe
(CD: “Flemish Requiem” – Et’cetera KTC 1642, 2019)
Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703-17411)
2. Exaudiat te Dominum
Scherzi Musicali conducted by Nicolas Achten
(CD: “Petits motets vol. II” – Musique en Wallonie MEW 1682, 2016)
Willem Gommaar Kennis (1717-1789)
3. Salve Regina a 5 voci
4. Magnificat a 5 voci
Utopia and Euterpe Baroque Consort conducted by Bart Rodyns
(CD: “Verborgen schatten uit de Vlaamse barok” – Phaedra PH 92093, 2016)
Supplement:
Thomas Babou (1656-1739)
5. Plein jeu du Tantum ergo
Luc Ponet, organ
(CD: “Le Grand Siècle de l’Orgue liégeois” – Et’cetera KTC 1638, 2019)
