Er is een nieuwe cd uit van Psallentes! Niet de eerste en niet de laatste dit jaar, maar dit juweeltje willen we je toch wel warm aanbevelen. Te zelfbewust? Oordeel vooral zelf. De cd, uitgebracht bij Musique en Wallonie, wordt dezer dagen verdeeld, en zal vanaf eind deze week in avant-première te koop zijn op... Continue Reading →
In this series of posts, an attempt was made at portraying aspects of a chant performer’s creative explorations, against a backlight of developments in the world of artistic research. Focusing on the creative potential of recitation (of texts) and reconsideration (of histories, theories, contexts), an image has emerged, inevitably incomplete, of the chant performer as... Continue Reading →
Music for saints holds a special place in the repertoire of chant. In the first centuries of Christianity a cult of saints developed, and long before the invention of musical notation a considerable repertoire of music for saints had already been established. However, the bulk of that kind of music had yet to come, since... Continue Reading →
There is hardly any better training imaginable for a plainchant performer than a detailed experience of different forms of recitation. The art of recitation is at the heart of instruction and creative development. As described earlier, various rhetorical elements (as basic as the beginning and end of a sentence) and their translation into musical formulae,... Continue Reading →
Today’s chant singer researching a performance practice for late medieval chant is faced with many questions. These include questions concerning language and vocal techniques, such as the proper pronunciation of Latin, use of the voice and pitch; performance practice issues such as rhythm, meter, tempo and phrasing; contextual considerations such as the number and composition... Continue Reading →
Psallentes Oude Muziek 