Notre Dame Cathedral
Versailles and Paris Month: Notre Dame and the Sorbonne
Sunday 24 February 2008 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
Lucie Skeaping visits Notre Dame where she meets Benjamin Bagby and Katarina Livljanic, both performers and directors of medieval music ensembles, and lecturers in medieval music performance practice at the Sorbonne, Paris. They talk about some of the composers of the medieval period and how they influenced the development of western music. Katerina and Benjamin also take Lucie to the Left Bank to discover how the Sorbonne evolved. Music includes works by Leonin and Perotin, and examples of the earliest motets and conductus form.
Playlist
Gallican chant: Venite populi
Sequentia
Dialogos
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876 66650 2
Track 4
Leonin: Alleluya from Spiritus Sanctus procedens
Red Byrd
Capella Amsterdam
Hyperion CDA 66944
Track 3
Perotin: Viderunt omnes
The Hilliard Ensemble
ECM 8377512
Track 1
Instrumental motet: A la clarte from Codex Wolfenbuttel 2
Clemencic Consort
Rene Clemencic
Stradivarius STR33398
Track 9
Chancelier: Rondeaux Luto carens
Sequentia
Ensemble for Medieval Music, Cologne
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi RD77035
Track 9
Chancelier: Gedeonis area
Sequentia
Ensemble for Medieval Music, Cologne
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi RD77035
Track 5
Anon: O Maria virginei
The Hilliard Ensemble
ECM 8377512
Track 4
2-part Conductus: A deserto veniens
Sequentia
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 773472
Track 2
Chancelier: Le Lai des Pucelles
Sequentia
Ensemble for Medieval Music, Cologne
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi RD77035
Track 6
