Music of Renaissance FlandersMusic from the 15th and 16th centuries
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| Pavane: La battaille | Tielman Susato (c. 1510/15 - c. 1570) |
| Mille regretz | Josquin des Prez (c. 1450/55 - 1521) |
| Pavane: Mille regretz | Susato |
| Pavane: Mille ducas | Susato |
| Gaillarde: Mille ducas | Susato |
| Voi ve n’andate al cielo | Jacques Arcadelt (c. 1507 - 1568) |
| Il bianco e dolce cigno | Arcadelt |
| Le renvoy | Loyset Compère (c. 1445 - 1518) |
| E qui le dira | Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450/55 - 1517) |
| Basse danse: Mon desir | Susato |
| La plus des plus | Josquin |
| De tous biens | Alexander Agricola (c. 1445 - 1506) |
| De tous biens playne | Josquin |
| Intermission | |
| Adieu mes amours | Josquin |
| Vrolick en bly loeft God ghi aertsche scaren | Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c. 1510/15 - c. 1555) |
| Entre vous fille de quinze ans | Clemens |
| Blaison du laid tetin | Clemens |
| Jaquin Jaquet | Clemens |
| Benedictus | Isaac |
| Le corps | Compère |
| Crions nouel | Agricola |
| Tant a bon oeul | Compère |
| Nenciozza mia | Jean Japart (fl. c. 1476 - 1481) |
| A la audienche | Hayne van Ghizeghem (c. 1445 - after 1476) |
| O Venus bant | Gaspar van Weerbeke (c. 1445 - after 1516) |
| Bergerette savoyene | Josquin |
| Bergerette | Susato |
| Ronde: Il estoit une fillete | Susato |
Thanks to Frank Jones, John Tyson and Tom Zajac for lending instruments for this program.
Sponsored by the Boston Recorder Society.
About the Musicians
The Quilisma Consort has been exploring the beautiful music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance since 2004.
Melika M. Fitzhugh (recorders) is a long-standing member of the world music ensemble Urban Myth where she plays many instruments including violin, bass, and percussion. She came to the Quilisma Consort to focus on early music, and as a degree in music composition from Harvard University.
Lisa Gay (recorders and voice) founded the Quilisma Consort in 2004 to satisfy her addiction to early music. An avid recorder player and fan of Orlando de Lasso since childhood, she has performed in The Christmas Revels in Cambridge and Chicago, and with ensembles such as Calliope, The Masqued Phoenix Consort, and Ars et Amici. She studies recorder with John Tyson.
Carolyn Jean Smith (recorders and voice) received an MA in Early Music from the Longy School. She has performed with Stämbandet, Serendipity and Cantata á Trois and has studied with Ford Weisberg, Sonja Lindblad, and John Tyson. She has performed in several venues, including the Society for Historically Informed Performance Concert Series, and can be heard on Nordic Voices, a CD by Stämbandet under the Nordic Sounds label.
Tom Zajac, guest artist (recorders): A multi-instrumentalist specializing in the medieval and Renaissance periods, Tom Zajac is a member of the wind band Piffaro as well as his own group Ex Umbris. He has recorded and performed in the U.S. and throughout the world as a member or guest with many of America.s leading early music ensembles. He performed in the East Wing of the White House during the Clinton administration, played serpent in a piece by P.D.Q. Bach on A Prairie Home Companion, and his bagpipe (on a recording, of course) awoke the astronauts every morning on a 2001 space shuttle mission. Last year, he played in a 13th-century music-theater project, Le Tournoi de Chauvency, with the French-American company Ensemble Aziman, giving performances in France, Luxembourg, and the U.S. His most recent interest is in learning the beautiful repertory of Ottoman court music, performing with the Boston-based group Dünya. He teaches at Wellesley College.