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Drawing on the richly beautiful, intense and often earthy
heritage of medieval English music, Lionheart combines the best of the familiar with the
rarely performed to recreate the world of the medieval village cloister at Christmastide.
Amidst the angelic and serene splendor of gothic motets, the lively and energetic
dance rhythms of popular carols come to life, while masterpieces of the vocal repertoire
transform and amplify the spiritual power of chant. "...gorgeously blended...hauntingly beautiful...singing as sublime as the music; firmly projected but unforced, velvet-finished. You could spend your money on a week at a spa, or several sessions with a shrink, but you would be hard pressed to have a more warming, calming experience than this." -- Kansas City Star. |
TYDYNGS TREW |
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Feasts of Christmas in Medieval England |
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March 25: The Annunciation |
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| Carol | Nowell, nowell . . . tydyngs trew | |
| Carol | Hayl Mary, ful of grace . . . the Holi goste | |
| Motet | Venter tuus | |
December 25: The Nativity |
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| Antiphon | Facta est cum angelo | |
| Canticle | Benedicite omnia opera Domini dominum | |
| Carol | As I outrode this endres night | |
| Carol | Ecce, quod natura . . . ecce novum gaudium | |
| Motet | Nesciens mater | |
| Carol | Nowel, nowel . . . Owt of your slepe aryse | |
December 26: Saint Stephen |
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| Hymn | Sancte dei preciose | |
| Carol: | Eya, martir Stephane . . . of this marter make we mende | |
December 27: Saint John the Evangelist |
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| Responsory | Hic est discipulus | |
December 28: The Holy Innocents |
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| Carol | Worcepe we this holy day . . . Herode that was bothe wylde and wode | |
| Carol | Lully lulla . . . O sisters too | |
December 29: Saint Thomas of Canterbury |
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| Carol | Seynt Thomas honour we . . . al holy chyrch | |
January 6: The Epiphany |
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| Antiphon | Magi videntes stellam | |
| Carol | Ave Rex angelorum . . . Hayl most myghty in thi werking | |
| Antiphon | Alleluya, omnes de saba | |
| Canticle | Nunc dimittis | |