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"The animal response to spring, according to Chaucer, is to "maken melodye" and to keep an eye open for possible mates. The soul responds to Spring with a desire for devotional exercises, such as a pilgrimage. This program bears witness that medieval Europeans responded with gusto to the call of Spring, both in spirit and in flesh." -- Richard Porterfield |
THIS ONE SWEET FLOWERMEDIEVAL MASTERWORKS FROM ENGLAND AND FRANCESelections from "My Fayre Ladye" and "Paris 1200" with additions from Machaut. |
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RENEWAL |
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| Sumer is icumen in | Anonymous English, ca. 1300 | |
| Quam pulcra es | John Dunstable (d. 1453) | |
| Quam pulcra es | Sarum chant | |
RAPTURE |
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| Three Chansons | Guillaume de Machaut | |
| De toutes flours | (ca. 1300-1377) | |
| Quant je sui mis | ||
| Mes esperis se combat | ||
| Gloria from La Messe de Notre Dame | ||
REDEMPTION |
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| Salvatoris hodie | ascribed to Perotin | |
| Baculi solempnia | Notre Dame ca. 1200 | |
| Veneris Prosperis | Notre Dame | |
| Sic mea fata | St. Martial de Limoges | |
| Olim Sudor Herculis | Notre Dame | |
| REDEMPTION | ||
| Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe | Gregorian Chant | |
| Sequence: Dies irae | Gregorian Chant | |
Intermission |
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IMAGES OF WOMEN |
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| From Abbey | ||
| Salve Regina | John Dunstable (d. 1453) | |
| Quid petis O fili | Richard Pygott | |
| Beata dei genitrix | Sarum chant | |
| Ave maria Mater Dei | William Cornysh (d. 1523) | |
| To Court | ||
| My love she mourn'th for me | Cornysh | |
| And I war a mayden | Anonymous, Henry VIII's book | |
| A, Robyn | Cornysh | |
| Blow thi horne, hunter | Cornysh | |
| To Chapel | ||
| Ibo michi ad montem mirre | Sarum chant | |
| O Regina mundi clara | John Browne (15th C.) | |