some Pennsic music
The Debatable Choir performed at Pennsic last week; check us out (~26 minutes). We knew we were running tight on time so instead of talking about each of the pieces our director made up a program. The list of songs is in the video description, but I'll also list them here for posterity:
- Shoot False Love (Thomas Morley, 1557-1602)
- O Dolce Nocte (Philippe Verdelot, 1475-1552, lyrics by Niccolo Macchiavelli, 1469-1527)
- Nel Mezzo (Giovanni da Florentia, ~1350), performed by Lady Alysoun and Mistress Arianna
- Ecce Quomodo (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
- Pase el Agoa (Anonymous, from the Cancionero de Palacio, early 16th c.)
- Weep You No More Sad Fountains (John Dowland, 1563-1626)
- O Virgo Splendens (Llibre Vermeil de Montserrat c. 1370), performed by Lady Bugga, Baroness Gwendolyn, Lord Pavel, Lady Libby, and Mistress Hilda
- Sauter Danser (Orlando di Lasso, 1530-1594)
- Cantate Domino (Giovanni Croce, 1557-1609)
For my Jewish readers who would prefer not to listen to Christian music, when you get to the smaller group singing "O Virgo Splendens" you can skip ahead to 19:30 to get to the next song. But if you don't mind listening to that text, they did a very nice job with it.
The other two religious songs, in case you're wondering, are from Isaiah (Ecce Quomodo) and Psalms (Cantate Domino). The first is in Slovenian Latin, so the pronunciation is a little different in places. Before learning this song I didn't know that Slovenians had their own special Latin.
- Shoot False Love (Thomas Morley, 1557-1602)
- O Dolce Nocte (Philippe Verdelot, 1475-1552, lyrics by Niccolo Macchiavelli, 1469-1527)
- Nel Mezzo (Giovanni da Florentia, ~1350), performed by Lady Alysoun and Mistress Arianna
- Ecce Quomodo (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
- Pase el Agoa (Anonymous, from the Cancionero de Palacio, early 16th c.)
- Weep You No More Sad Fountains (John Dowland, 1563-1626)
- O Virgo Splendens (Llibre Vermeil de Montserrat c. 1370), performed by Lady Bugga, Baroness Gwendolyn, Lord Pavel, Lady Libby, and Mistress Hilda
- Sauter Danser (Orlando di Lasso, 1530-1594)
- Cantate Domino (Giovanni Croce, 1557-1609)
For my Jewish readers who would prefer not to listen to Christian music, when you get to the smaller group singing "O Virgo Splendens" you can skip ahead to 19:30 to get to the next song. But if you don't mind listening to that text, they did a very nice job with it.
The other two religious songs, in case you're wondering, are from Isaiah (Ecce Quomodo) and Psalms (Cantate Domino). The first is in Slovenian Latin, so the pronunciation is a little different in places. Before learning this song I didn't know that Slovenians had their own special Latin.