Lost and Found — From the rediscovered Egenolff songbook

Once a year, ReRenaissance builds a whole programme based on a special print source. Various Petrucci prints have held center stage in the past, but this year we shift our focus because of a spectacular new find!

Among the mostly three-part ‘Carmina’ of the German-speaking world in the 16th century, a 1535 collection from the Egenolff printing house was considered lost; until five years ago, only a discantus partbook in Paris and a copy of the bassus in Heilbronn were known. Without the tenor, the backbone of that music, including nine unica, remained silent.

Based on the recent discovery of Royston Gustavson, who was able to locate two tenor partbooks in the Swiss National Library in Bern through skilful research, David Fallows has finished transcribing these nine pieces in their entirety. The characteristic ReRenaissance blend of research and performance is on full display in our May 2025 concert.

Doron Schleifer – voice

Elizabeth Rumsey – Grossgeige, recorder

Claire Piganiol – harp, recorder

Ryosuke Sakamoto – lute, Grossgeige

Tabea Schwartz – recorder, Grossgeige; direction

Free entry – Donations