Pierre de la Rue – Past Concerts

Program includes works by William Byrd, Vittoria Aleotti (Raffaella Aleotta), Thomas Weelkes, Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Carlo Gesualdo, Duarte Lobo, Thomas Tallis, Josquin des Prez, Pierre de la Rue, Thomas Tomkins, Johann Hermann Schein, Johannes Ockeghem, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

Sine Nomine marks the 500th anniversary of French Renaissance master Josquin des Prez with an all-Josquin program, celebrating his life & the great variety & scope of his work.

Thomas Crecquillon – Pater peccavi
Jean Mouton – Ave Maria virgo serena
Josquin des Prez – Absalon, fili mi
Nicolas Gombert – Lugebat David Absalon
Thomas Crecquillon – Ego flos campi
Orlande de Lassus – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Orlande de Lassus – Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera

Motets and songs by composers Guillaume Dufay, Jean Mouton, Nicolas Gombert, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Francisco Guerrero, and Peter Philips plus selections from the rarely-performed Missa de Sancta Anna by Pierre de la Rue.

A cappella Renaissance music written by women and composers working for powerful women, including Sulpitia Cesis, Madalena Casulana, Raphaela Aleotta, and more.

Renaissance music for mixed voices, based on texts devoted to the Virgin Mary – including works by Hildegard, Ockeghem, Guerrero, di Lasso, and Victoria.

Singers' favorites from Binchois to Byrd, from 15th to 17th centuries, representing England, Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Centuries of American music for unaccompanied choir: Billings, Foster, Barber, Parker-Shaw, Shaker tunes, and spirituals.