David Eben / artistic leader
Program:
Missa de Beata Virgine
Ad processionem: Cantio Plebs Domini
Hymnus Ave maris stella
Introitus Salve sancta parens
Guillaume de Machaut: Kyrie
Guillaume de Machaut: Gloria
Lectio Epistolae
Graduale Benedicta et venerabilis
Alleluia Virga Iesse floruit
Sequentia Ave virgo singularis
Lectio Sancti Evangelii
Offertorium Felix namque es
Prefatio
Guillaume de Machaut: Sanctus
Pater noster
Guillaume de Machaut: Agnus Dei
Communio Beata viscera
Cantio Ave mater Salvatoris
Guillaume de Machaut: Ite missa est
Salve Regina
Guillaume de Machaut is a foremost representative of polyphonic style called Ars nova. Within the context of Czech history it is quite interesting to know that he shortly served as a secretary at King John of Luxembourg court. The most known work of Machaut’s appears to be a famous polyphonic Messe de Nostre Dame. Its mysticism will transfer the listeners to the nave of the Reims Cathedral for which his Marian mass was composed. The program is a reconstruction of a holly service including original Gregorian chant according to French sources.
