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With the rise of Renaissance Humanism in Europe came an interest in the poets of antiquity like Virgil and Horace. We'll hear settings of ancient poems like Dulces Exuviae and O socii durate by composers such as Adrian Willaert. We'll also hear from Ludwig Senfl, who not only set poems by Horace to music, but was both priest and poet himself. Our performers include the Huelgas Ensemble and the Clerks' Group.

  • Guillaume de Machaut: Two Songs from ‘Le Voir Dit’. Performed by Oxford Camerata.
  • Alessandro Orologio: Intrada. Performed by Capella de la Torre.
  • Orlando di Lasso: Tityre, tu patulae. Performed by Capella de la Torre.
  • Jacobus Vaet: Missa Tityre, tu patulae ‐ Kyrie. Performed by Capella de la Torre.
  • Anon.: Fa una canzone ‐ Improvisation. Performed by Capella de la Torre.
  • Cipriano de Rore: Donec gratus eram tibi. Performed by Huelgas Ensemble.
  • Jacob Obrecht: Mille Quingentis. Performed by The Clerks’ Group.
  • Ludwig Senfl: Mollis inertia cum tantam diffuderit imis. Performed by Huelgas Ensemble.
  • Ludwig Senfl: Non usitata nec tenui ferar. Performed by Huelgas Ensemble.
  • Adriaan Willaert: O socii neque enim. Performed by Huelgas Ensemble.
  • Josquin des Prez: Dulces exuviae. Performed by Huelgas Ensemble.
  • Cipriano de Rore: O socii neque enim. Performed by Huelgas Ensemble.
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