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545 years ago this week the royal wedding of the century was celebrated in Ghent: Maximilian of Austria married Mary of Burgundy, who was called 'Mary the Rich'. We'll hear music they might have enjoyed together during their short but happy marriage, including works by Hayne van Ghizeghem and Antoine Busnoys.

  • Anon.- Trumpet Fanfare- Les Haults Menestrels de Charles le Temeraire 
  • Anon. - La haulte bourgogne- Les Haults Menestrels de Charles le Temeraire
  • Anon.- La portingaloise- Les Haults Menestrelsde Charles le Temeraire 
  • Charles, Duke of Burgundy- Ma Dame- La Morra
  • Hayne van Ghizeghem- Amours, amours- Les Flamboyants
  • Hayne van Ghizeghem- De tous biens playne- Fretwork
  • Hayne van Ghizeghem- Mon souvenir- Egidius Consort
  • Anon. - La plus grant chiere- The Orlando Consort
  • Antoine Busnois- Fortuna disperata- Ensemble Daedalus
  • Antoine Busnois- Gaude caelestis domina- The Binchois Consort
  • Johannes Ockeghem- Requiem (selections)- Cappella Pratensis
  • Johannes de Stockem- Brunette- Les Flamboyants
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