[ENG] A new site, Antiphonaries.com, is devoted to research into late medieval chant manuscripts. It will hold 600+ movies in which a fifteenth-century antiphonary from Ghent is shown and discussed page by page. Today, a few dozen movies have been posted. Hundreds to go, so keep track of them via Antiphonaries.com. Nice!
De term ‘liturgisch drama’ is van 19de-eeuwse origine en is helaas niet helemaal toepasselijk op het fenomeen dat er mee bedoeld wordt. Enerzijds klinkt dat woordje ‘drama’ zo dramatisch – maar goed, er wordt mee aangegeven dat er een soort toneeltje wordt opgevoerd – en anderzijds is er met de term een essentiëler probleem,... Continue Reading →
This week saw only one new episode (#013) of the Antiphonary Walk-through, mainly due to Hendrik's voice dropping to, well, zero dB. Meanwhile, you might want to check out http://www.antiphonaria.com, where all the walk-through-movies that have been made and will be made are assembled in a time-line. Or you can subscribe to the playlist on... Continue Reading →
Funny, in a way, that the March 2000 concert at which the baptism of little boy Charles was recalled, also acted as a kind of baptism of the ensemble Psallentes itself. A maiden concert. What’s more – and how coincidental can you get – this happened in the Saint Bavo cathedral, which at the time... Continue Reading →
Psallentes Oude Muziek 