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The Studio de la musique ancienne is celebrating its 51st season; The SMAM and musica intima of Vancouver jointly commissioned composer Andrew Balfour, of Cree ancestry, to create Missa Tekakwitha, The Seven Stones of Grandfather’s Prophecies, which evokes the tragic fate of Kateri Tekakwitha, who died at the age of 24.
This concert featuring the Studio de la musique ancienne de Montréal will blend European polyphonic music with Indigenous languages, bringing together legendary figures of the First Nations, Marian symbols, miracles, natural wonders, and other profound upheavals. Missa Tekakwitha will be performed alongside the remarkable Missa Et ecce terræ motus by Antoine Brumel.
This concert is presented as part of Le Festival de la Voix
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450-1517)
Virgo Prudentissima a 6
Josquin des Prez (c.1450-1521)
O Virgo Virginum a 6
Hildegard von Bingen (c.1098-1179)
O Virtus Sapientiae
Roland de Lassus (c.1532-1594)
Ave Regina Coelorum a 6
Roland de Lassus,
extraits de Prophetiae Sibyllarum a 4
Prologue
Sibylla Persica
Sibylla Libyca
Sibylla Delphica
Roland de Lassus
Alma Redemptoris Mater a 8
Antoine Brumel (c.1460-1513)
Gloria de Missa Et ecce terræ motus
** Entracte **
Andrew Balfour (1967- )
Missa Tekakwitha – 7 Rochers des grands-pères / Enseignements / Prophéties
Enska – une
Tekeni – deux
Ahsen – trois
Kaieire – quatre
Wisk – cinq
la: talk – six
Tsia:tak – sept
Johannes Ockeghem (c.1410-1497) arr. Balfour
Deo Gratias (chanté en mohawk)
Choir
Andrew McAnerney, direction