The Brabant Ensemble is noted for its thoughtful and imaginative explorations of early music. Tonight it, performs a selection of attractive and rarely heard gems of Polish Renaissance and Baroque sacred music, illustrating the rich variety and artistry of Polish musical culture in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Programme

Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki – Tota pulchra
Bartłomiej Pękiel – Ave Maria
Cyprian Bazylik – Z głębokości grzechów moich (De profundis)
Wacław of Szamotuły – Ego sum pastor bonus; Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae
Aleksander Jan Szopa – Piece gothique
Marcin Mielczewski – Deata Dei Genitrix Maria, Dixit dominus
Mikołaj z Krakowa – Date siceram moerentibus
Thomas Stolzer – Beati omnes
Johannes Nucius – Vana salus hominum
Roxanna Panufnik – Kyrie after Byrd
Marian Sawa – Nie opuszczaj nas
Andreas Hakenberger – O bone Iesu
Mikołaj Zieleński – Laetentur caeli
Wincenty of Kielcza – Gaude Mater Polonia

Performers

The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice Conductor 
Rupert Jeffcoat Organ

Part of the Joy & Devotion Festival of Polish Sacred Music