5 episodes
| Series | Episode | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20051010 | The first staging post is Antwerp, and the magnificent Cathedral of Our Lady where the orbits of Ockeghem and Obrecht are about to intersect. Ockeghem: Prenez sur moi Romanesque Obrecht: Den haghel ende die calde snee; Als al de weerelt in vruechden left Concerto Palatino Erik van Nevel (director) Ockeghem: Missa Ma Maitresse The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Obrecht: Laudemus nunc Dominum The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Ockeghem: Missa Prolationum - Agnus Dei The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Obrecht: Missa Malheur me bat - Agnus Dei The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Ockeghem: D'un autre amer Romanesque Obrecht: Salve Regina à4 Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly (director). | ||
| 20051011 | The focus is on devout churchman and intellectual Johannes Ockeghem - as he lands a court appointment with a king whose consort is said to have an annual wardrobe budget rivalling the full cost of her sizeable chapel choir. Ockeghem: Ma bouche rit Katelijne van Laethem (soprano) Romanesque Ockeghem: Intemerata Dei Mater The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Ockeghem: Deo Gratias Huelgas Ensemble Paul van Nevel (director) Ockeghem: Mort tu as Navré The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Ockeghem: Missa Cuiusvis Toni (Phrygian version) The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor). | ||
| 20051012 | Donald Macleod shifts his attention to Jacob Obrecht whose 500th anniversary is celebrated this year. Cambrai Cathedral is the destination as Obrecht carves out a career as Master of the Choristers, and we also hear of a flying visit from Johannes Ockeghem thanks to a rather hefty wine bill. Obrecht: Benedicamus in laude The Clerk's Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Obrecht: Salve Regina à6 The Tallis Scholars Obrecht: Missa Malheur me Bat Gloria, Credo The Clerk's Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Ockeghem: Malheur me bat (intabulated Henestrosa) Ockeghem: Aultre Venus Romanesque (incl Katelijne van Laethem (soprano) Ockeghem: Missa Caput Sanctus/Benedictus, Agnus Dei The Clerk's Group, Edward Wickham (conductor). | ||
| 20051013 | Donald Macleod follows Johannes Ockeghem as he undertakes one of his more unusual duties: providing diplomatic support at the royal wedding of an eight-year-old Spanish princess. Ockeghem: Ques mi vida La Capella Reial de Catalunya Jordi Savall (director) Montserrat Figueras (soprano) Ockeghem: Petite Camusette Romanesque Katelijne van Laethem (soprano) Eitan Sorek (tenor) attrib Ockeghem: Gaude Maria The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Obrecht: Fors Seulement Concentus Musicus Ockeghem: Fors Seulement Romanesque Katelijne van Laethem (soprano) Ockeghem: Requiem (Introit, Gradual and Offertorium) The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor). | ||
| COTW | 05 LAST | 20051014 | Donald Macleod ends his look at the intersecting lives of two master-musicians from the Renaissance with the final years of Jacob Obrecht, when he at last achieved the Italian court job he had coveted all his life, only to lose it almost as soon as he had landed it. Plus a chance to hear music from the work Obrecht described as the sphinx among his mass settings and a final farewell to Johannes Ockeghem. Obrecht: T'Andernaken Weser-Renaissance Bremen Manfred Cordes (conductor) Obrecht: Missa Maria Zart - Gloria The Tallis Scholars Peter Phillips (conductor) Plainchant: Venit ad Petrum Ockeghem: Missa Caput Credo The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Obrecht: Missa Caput Credo Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly (conductor) Obrecht: Laudes Christo The Clerks' Group Edward Wickham (conductor) Obrecht: Parce Domine (1st half) Johan Laleman (organ) Ockeghem: Departez Vous The Medieval Ensemble of London. |