[NL] Psallentes Gregoriaans & Polyfonie heeft de afgelopen week opzettelijk een Machaut ‘overkill’ situatie veroorzaakt, waarvoor we ons niet verontschuldigen. Niet minder dan 25 YouTube filmpjes werden op je losgelaten, telkens met onze uitvoering van de Ite missa est uit Machaut’s beroemde mis. Zoals inmiddels wellicht goed duidelijk is, zijn er vijf bronnen overgeleverd waarin... Continue Reading →
[°°] Machaut Messe de Notre Dame Ite missa est / F-Pn 1584
[ENG] Fifth and last series of movies with Psallentes's performance of the Ite missa est from Machaut's Messe de Notre Dame. F-Pn 1584 is a fourteenth century manuscript (probably made in Reims and Paris, 1372-1377) containing poetry and music by Guillaume de Machaut. It also contains a version of Machaut’s Mass (there are five sources for... Continue Reading →
[°°] Machaut Messe de Notre Dame Ite missa est / F-Pn 9221
[ENG] F-Pn 9221 is a fourteenth century manuscript (made in Paris, 1380-1395) containing poetry and music by Guillaume de Machaut. It also contains a version of Machaut’s Mass (there are five sources for the Mass). The first folio holds a rubric stating “Cy est le Livre de maistre Guillaume de Machaut, la ou sont les balades... Continue Reading →
[°°] Papier Machaut F-Pn 1585
[ENG] Third series of five movies, these are with F-Pn 1585, which is a fifteenth century manuscript on paper, not velum. It's one of the five sources for Machaut's Mass. That's why we like to call it 'Papier Machaut'. Enjoy! [NL] Dit is de derde reeks van vijf filmpjes waarin we de Ite missa est... Continue Reading →
[°°] Machaut Messe de Notre Dame Ite missa est / F-Pn 22546
These movies are part of a series of 25 movies where Psallentes sings Machaut’s Ite missa est and Deo gracias from five different sources. In an introductory movie the manuscript page as a whole is on show (2.0). In related movies, each of the four voices can be followed in detail (2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and... Continue Reading →
[°°] Machaut Messe de Notre Dame: Ite missa est / GB-Cccc (“Ferrell- Vogüé”)
A bird's eye view (above) and following the individual lines of the polyphony one by one (below). Nice!
White monks
[ENG] On our wish list: visiting 'White Monks - A Life in Shadows' photography exhibition at Holy Trinity Chruch, Sloane Street, London. Photographs by Francesca Phillips. Born in London but currently living in Spain, Phillips visited three Spanish Trappists monasteries: "With the permission to photograph came several provisos that included, at first, showing no faces... Continue Reading →
Workshop Messe Machault
[NL] Het werd een prachtig weekend: een enthousiaste groep zangers en zangeressen kwam twee dagen lang meezingen met Psallentes. Ze werkten aan de beroemde mis van Machault - en we weten nu weer iets beter waarom die mis zo beroemd is. Wat een muziek, en wat een heerlijkheid om die te kunnen zingen op een... Continue Reading →