SMAM: The Rose and the Feather

Concert

Twelve a cappella voices will sing the most beautiful pages of the Eton Choirbook, recalling the splendor of its exquisite illuminations. The Eton Choirbook miraculously survived the monastery desecrations ordered by Henry VIII to establish the Anglican Reformation, preserving a significant portion of England’s sacred music from the 15th century. Its magnificent scores evoke the atmosphere and spirit of the cathedrals, chapels, and monasteries for which they were intended, while figures, animals, and various objects inhabit its illuminated initials like symbols and allusions…

This event is not part of the concerts offered as part of the Orford Music Festival. Discounts on concerts do not apply to this event.

Repertoire

JOHN SUTTON (fin XVe s.)
Motet Salve Regina à 7 voix

EDMUND TURGES (v.1440 -v.1508)
Chanson Good Lord preserve the Ostrich feather à 3 voix

JOHN BROWNE (1453-v.1500)
Motet Stabat Iuxta Christi Crucem à 6 voix

WILLIAM HORWOOD (v.1430-1484)
Magnificat secundi toni à 5 voix

WALTER LAMBE (XVe-XVIe s.)
Motet Nesciens Mater à 5 voix

ROBERT WYLKYNSON (v.1450-ap.1515)
Motet Salve Regina à 9 voix

Artists

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal

The mission of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM) is to convey the vitality, sensuality and conviction of all the dimensions of Renaissance and Baroque music. To this end, and since its founding, the Studio’s artistic approach has remained the same: to interpret early music by recreating, to the best of our knowledge, their numbers, their tempos, and their vocal and instrumental colors. Since 50 years, SMAM has been guided by a concern for excellence and has carved out a place of choice in the world of early vocal music in Canada.

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