Trio Mediaeval & Catalina Vicens: An Old Hall Ladymass
23 October 2024/20h00/ Belgium / Antwerp
On Wednesday 23 October, the three singers of Trio Mediaeval guide us through early English polyphony interwoven with contemporary compositions and underpinned by Catalina Vincens’ organetto. The music tumbles from angelic harmony through searing dissonance to sounds that seem both familiar and strange.
The masses and Marian motets included in the Old Hall Manuscript – one of the most important sources of mediaeval polyphony – remained hidden for almost 400 years, before reappearing at the end of the 19th century in a Catholic seminary. The manuscript turned out to be the richest source of 15th century English music ever discovered. The often-anonymous composers have been given a new voice in dialogue with new work by David Lang and Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen.
The masses and Marian motets included in the Old Hall Manuscript – one of the most important sources of mediaeval polyphony – remained hidden for almost 400 years, before reappearing at the end of the 19th century in a Catholic seminary. The manuscript turned out to be the richest source of 15th century English music ever discovered. The often-anonymous composers have been given a new voice in dialogue with new work by David Lang and Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen.
