Wednesday, January 22, 2025 – 7:30 pm
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
400, rue Saint-Paul Est
Montréal, H2Y 1H4

Bus Bus : 170, 30, 350, 355, 364, 365
Métro Métro : Champs-de-Mars

SUMMARY

Josquin des Prez composed his last mass, the Missa Pange lingua for four voices, around 1515, at the very end of his life. Admirably constructed around the plainsong associated with a hymn by Thomas Aquinas and featuring beautiful textural contrasts, it exudes an austere grandeur that nonetheless does not exclude the expression of sustained emotion. It will be sung by four male voices, as it was in Josquin’s day. Along with the mass, the concert will include secular songs by Josquin and his student Jean Mouton, as well as some pieces for solo lute.

PROGRAM

Plain-chant
Hymne Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium

Josquin des Prés (c.1450-1521)
Missa Pange lingua for 4 voices (c. 1515)
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus & Benedictus
Agnus Dei I-II-III


Ludwig Senfl (c.1486-c.1543)
Lied Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein mein for 4 voices (lute version)

Josquin des Prés
Song Baisez-moi, ma douce amie for 6 voices
Song Je ne puis me tenir d’aimer for 5 voices


Arnolt Schlick (c.1455-ap.1521)
Instrumental piece Wer gnad durch klaff (lute)

Josquin des Prés
Song Incessamment livré suis au martyre for 5 voices
Song La plus de plus seule à 3 voix (tenor and lute)


Song Mille regrets for 4 voices

Arnolt Schlick
Instrumental piece All ding mit radt (lute)

Jean Mouton (c.1459-1522)
Song Adieu mes amours for 4 voices

DISTRIBUTION

Vocal ensemble Mons Regius

William Duffy, counter tenor
Arthur Tanguay-Labrosse, tenor
Michiel Schrey, tenor
William Kraushaar, bass

Michiel Schrey, direction

Kerry Bursey, lute
Dominique Lortie, saqueboute