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The Notre-Dame School and its musical legacy

Hannah French explores the music of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, focusing on the 12th-century Notre-Dame school of polyphony and its musical legacy.

As the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris reopens its doors to the public after more than five years since fire caused its closure, Hannah French examines the early musical history of this extraordinary building.

With the help of Antony Pitts, founder-conductor of the choral group Tonus Peregrinus, Hannah explores the influential Notre-Dame school of polyphony - musician-priests like 尝茅辞苍颈苍 and Perotin who worked in Notre-Dame in the 12th Century. These composers codified a new style of multi-voice liturgical chant known as organum, which flourished just as the cathedral itself was in the process of being built.

Hannah also looks into the musicians who followed in the footsteps of these musical pioneers across the following six centuries, including organists Louis-Claude Daquin and Armand-Louis Couperin who worked in Notre-Dame in the 18th-century.

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Sun 8 Dec 2024 17:00
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Music Played

  • 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍

    Beata viscera

    Singer: Rebecca Hickey.
    • Naxos.

  • Anon.

    Viderunt omnes (plainchant)

    Choir: Tonus Peregrinus. Conductor: Antony Pitts.
    • 尝茅辞苍颈苍 & 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍: Sacred Music from Notre-Dame Cathedral.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • 尝茅辞苍颈苍

    Viderunt omnes No. 1: Dominus

    Choir: Tonus Peregrinus. Conductor: Antony Pitts.
    • 尝茅辞苍颈苍 & 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍: Sacred Music from Notre-Dame Cathedral.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍

    Viderunt Omnes a 4

    Choir: Tonus Peregrinus. Conductor: Antony Pitts.
    • 尝茅辞苍颈苍 & 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍: Sacred Music from Notre-Dame Cathedral.
    • Naxos.

  • Antoine Brumel

    Noe, Noe, Noe

    Ensemble: London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Conductor: Bruno Turner.
    • Music of the Renaissance.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 14.

  • Antoine Brumel

    Missa "Et ecce terrae motus" A 12 voce: Kyrie

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Brumel: Mass/Sequentia "Dies Irae".
    • Sony Classical.

  • Pierre Robert

    Tristis est anima mea

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Director: S茅bastien Dauc茅.
    • Andr茅 Campra: Messe de Requiem & Les Ma卯tres de Notre-Dame de Paris.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 22.

  • Andr茅 Campra

    Messe de Requiem, Offertorium: No. 1, Domine, Jesu Christe

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Director: S茅bastien Dauc茅.
    • Andr茅 Campra: Messe de Requiem & Les Ma卯tres de Notre-Dame de Paris.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Armand-Louis Couperin

    Dialogue entre le chalumeau et le basson

    Performer: Andr茅 Isoir.
    • Temperaments.

  • Louis鈥怌laude Daquin

    Noel, grand jeu et duo

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited, Believe International.

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  • Sun 8 Dec 2024 17:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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