Proms: Celebrating Josquin des Prez

8.00 Proms: Celebrating Josquin des Prez

Josquin des Prez Photo: CC by SA 3.0

British vocal ensemble the Marian Consort makes its Proms debut with a concert celebrating Renaissance master Josquin des Prez 500 years after his death.

In a season of musical borrowings, three of Josquin’s greatest motets, all drawing on pre-existing material, are paired with three musical homages – including the kaleidoscopic 'Inviolata, integra et casta' es by the first published black composer, Vicente Lusitano – that each rework Josquin’s own music for a new age.

Programme:

DES PREZ, Josquin: Praeter rerum seriem;

CALVISIUS: Praeter rerum seriem;

DES PREZ, Josquin: Benedicta es, caelorum regina;

WILLAERT: Benedicta es, caelorum regina;

DES PREZ, Josquin: Inviolata, integra et casta es Maria;

LUSITANO: Inviolata, integra et casta es Maria;

VINDERS: O Mors Inevitabilis

Marian Consort directed by Rory McCleery

Recorded in Cadogan Hall, London by the BBC (EBU)