Sollazzo Ensemble
The ‘anonymous’ composer we so often encounter in early music sources was rarely a woman. Or was it? Sollazzo Ensemble explores this question with chansons from the 15th century in which a female or neutral voice speaks. Around Margaret of Austria – collector, patron, and grande dame of Low Country polyphony – a programme unfolds that challenges not only the ear but also the imagination: a subtle thought exercise regarding perspective, identity, and the voices that history forgot.
Programme
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All works on this programme are by anonyma.
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J’aimeray mon amy
Chansonnier de Bayeux, c1500
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Ravy d’amours
Dijon chansonnier, c1465/69
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Quand mes yeulx de vous departirent
Dijon chansonnier
instrumental -
O infame desloyaute
Wolfenbüttel chansonnier, c1461/65
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Henri Phlipet
Leuven chansonnier, c1470/75
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Comme femme
Harmonices Odhecaton Canti C, 1504
instrumental -
Comme femme desconfortée
Dijon chansonnier
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Kyrie-Christe-Kyrie Comme femme
Cappella Sistina MS 54, c1576/80
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Comme ung home desconforté
Chansonnier Cordiforme, c1470/77
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Sans racoincter tout dun accord
Dijon chansonnier
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Ce que ma bouche n’ose dire
Chansonnier Uppsala 76a, 16th century
instrumental -
Soubz les branches/En la rousée/En ce joli mois de mai
Dijon chansonnier
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Tart ara
Copenhagen chansonnier, 15th century
instrumental -
Ung franc archier
Harmonices Odhecaton Canti C
instrumental -
Bevons ma commere! Nous ne bevons point
Chansonnier de Bayeux
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Chiara fontana
Chansonnier Cordiforme
instrumental -
Jay pris amours a ma devise
Chansonnier de Nivelle, c1460/70
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Jay prise amours a ma devise
Trento 1947
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Madre che festi colui che ti fece
Cantasi come Jay pris amours
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J’ay pris ung poul a ma chemise
Florence 176, c1475/80
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J’ay prins deux pous a ma chemise
Dijon chansonnier
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Jam pris amour
Firenze Mael. XIX, c1530/40
Programme subject to change
Musicians
- Johanna Beier soprano
- Lior Leibovici, Jonatan Alvarado tenor
- Rémi Lecorche sackbut, slide trumpet
- Adrien Reboisson shawm, dulcian
- Ori Harmelin, Floris de Rycker lute
- Anna Danilevskaia musical direction, vihuela de arco
