Music by Du Fay and Binchois for Florence and the Medici

Music by Du Fay and Binchois for Florence and the Medici

Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Noon and 2 pm
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Presented in honor of Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence

Music by Du Fay and Binchois for Florence and the Medici

Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1397-1474)
Salve flos Tusce gentis / Vos nunc Etrusce / Viri mendaces

Gilles Binchois (c. 1400-1460)
Pour prison
Margarite fleur de valeur
Mon cuer chante joyeusement

Du Fay
Mirandas parit

Binchois
Seule esgarée
Votre tresdoulx regart
Dueil angoisseus
Files a marier

Music for the dedication of Santa Maria del Fiore, March 25, 1436
?Du Fay
Nuper almos rose flores (sequence of the Mass for the Dedication)
Du Fay
Nuper rosarum flores (isorhythmic motet)

BLUE HERON
Martin Near & Laura Pudwell, cantus
Michael Barrett, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots & Aaron Sheehan, tenor & contratenor
Paul Guttry & Sumner Thompson, bassus
Scott Metcalfe, vielle, director

Blue Heron is engaged in the exploration of Renaissance and medieval vocal music, putting the study of original sources in the service of vivid live performance. Widely regarded as the finest ensemble of its type in North America, Blue Heron presents a subscription series in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a catalog of exceptional recordings is available on the Blue Heron label. The ensemble’s accolades include the 2018 Gramophone Classical Music Award for Early Music, making Blue Heron the first group from outside Europe to receive the award; the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society; and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Touring engagements have taken the group across the United States, Canada, England, and Europe.

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