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Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1410–1497)

Missa pro defunctis (Requiem) [(125v—136). MS Chigi C.VIII.234 (Chigi Codex). Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Rome, Italy]

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— Introitus Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, / et lux perpetua luceat eis. // Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, / et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. / Exaudi orationem meam; / ad te omnis caro veniet.

— Kyrie

— Graduale Si ambulem in medio umbrae mortis, non timebo mala: quoniam tu mecum es, Domine. Virga tua et baculus tuus, ipsa me consolata sunt.

— Tractus Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum: / ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. // Sitivit anima mea ad Deum fortem vivum: / quando veniam et apparebo ante faciem Dei? // Fuerunt mihi lacrimae meae panes die ac nocte, / dum dicitur mihi quotidiae: Ubi est Deus tuus?

— Offertorium Domine, Iesu Christe, Rex gloriae, / libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum / de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu. / Libera eas de ore leonis, / ne absorbeat eas tartarus, / ne cadant in obscurum. / Sed signifer sanctus Michael / repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam, / quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus. // Hostias et preces tibi, / Domine, laudis offerimus. / Tu suscipe pro animabus illis / quarum hodie memoriam facimus. // Fac eas, Domine, / de morte transire ad vitam, / quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini eius.

_ Ockeghem – Requiem / Missa Mi-Mi The Hilliard Ensemble (1985, His Master's Voice – 27 0098 1)

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Josquin (attrib): De profundis - Hilliard

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My Heart's in the Highlands

My Heart's in the Highlands, a song by Arvo Pärt, Else Torp, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, Paul Hillier on Spotify

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;

My Heart’s in the Highlands was composed for the 50th birthday of the countertenor David James, a member of The Hilliard Ensemble, and is also dedicated to him. A poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns has been conveyed in the contertenor part in syllabic singing on a single note. The static vocal part has been compensated for with a fairly dynamic organ part, which shows each note of the vocal part in a new harmonious colouration. 

During the premiere in Avignon in May 2000, David James sang with Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, one of the most renowned interpreters of Pärt’s organ compositions.

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John Wilbye - Draw on sweet night

English madrigal from the XVI century sung by the Hillard Ensamble

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) [Motettorum Quinque Vocibus Liber Quartus Ex Canticis Salominis (Rome, Alessandro Gardano, 1584)]

14 Vox, vox dilecti mei! Ecce, iste venit, saliens in montibus, transiliens colles. Similis est dilectus meus capreae, hinnuloque cervorum. En ipse stat post parietem nostrum, respiciens per fenestras, prospiciens per cancellos. En dilectus meus loquitur mihi.

15 Surge, propera, amica mea, columba mea, formosa mea, et veni. Iam enim hiems transiit; imber abiit et recessit. Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra. Tempus putationis advenit; vox turturis audita est in terra nostra. Ficus protulit grossos suos; vineae florentes dederunt odorem suum.

16 Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni. Columba mea, in foraminibus petrae, in caverna maceriae, ostende mihi faciem tuam; sonet vox tua in auribus meis: vox enim tua dulcis, et facies tua decora.

17 Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi, qui pascitur inter lilia donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbrae. Revertere, similis esto dilecte mi capreae, hinnuloque cervorum super montes Bethel. In lectulo meo, per noctes, quaesivi quem diligit anima mea; quaesivi illum, et non inveni. [Canticum canticorum 2. 8-17]

_ Palestrina: Canticum Canticorum · Spirituel Madrigals Hilliard Ensemble · Paul Hillier (1986, His Master's Voice – EX 27 0319 3)

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) [Motettorum Quinque Vocibus Liber Quartus Ex Canticis Salominis (Rome: Alessandro Gardano, 1584)]

25 Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui in calciamentis filia principis, iunctura feminum tuorum sicut monilia quae fabricata sunt manu artificis, umbilicus tuus crater tornatilis numquam indigens poculis, venter tuus sicut acervus tritici vallatus liliis.

26 Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli, gemelli capreae; collum tuum sicut turris eburnea; oculi tui sicut piscinae in Hesebon quae sunt in porta filiae multitudinis; nasus tuus sicut turris Libani quae respicit contra Damascum; caput tuum ut Carmelus et comae capitis tui sicut purpura regis iuncta canalibus. [Canticum canticorum 7:1-5]

_ Palestrina: Canticum canticorum · Spirituel madrigals The Hilliard Ensemble · Paul Hillier (1986, His Master’s Voice – EX 27 0319 3)

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Ivan Moody (*1964) Canticum Canticorum I (1985) Texts from the Song of Songs (Latin)

I Surge, propera amica mea, columba mea, formosa mea, et veni. Jam enim hiems transiit, imber abiit et recessit. Flores apparuerunt in terra, tempus putationis advenit. Vox turturis audita est in terra nostra; Ficus protulit grossos suos; vineae florentes dederunt odorem suum.

II Descendi in hortum meum, ut viderem poma convallium, et inspicerem si floruisset vinea et germinassent mala punica. Revertere, revertere, Sulamitis, ut intueamur te.

III Ego dilecto meo, et ad me conversio ejus. Veni, dilecte mi, egrediamur in agrum, commoremur in villis. Mane surgamus ad vineas: videamus si floruit vineas.

[Canticum Canticorum 2:10-13; 6:10-12; 7:10-12]

_ A Hilliard Songbook - New Music For Voices The Hilliard Ensemble (1996, ECM Records – ECM 1614/15)