How are you an artist when you are just following a tradition and reading a score?
With this eighth episode, Björn Schmelzer takes us on a journey of discovery of medieval sacred music and the oral tradition. This episode a dive into the revival of early music in the XXᵉ century and is dedicated to the French composer and writer Guillaume de Machaut from the XIVᵉ century, whose famous Messe de Nostre Dame performed by the ensemble Graindelavoix will musically illustrate the speaker's point.
CREDITS
guest Björn Schmelzer, founder and artistic director of Graindelavoix
interview & editing Andrew Burn
production REMA
credits music
Platée, Act 1, Orage - Jean-Philippe Rameau
performed by Les Talens Lyriques, dir. Christophe Rousset
Camera Lucida 2014
All rights reserved - Courtesy of Les Talens Lyriques
design Doretta Rinaldi
original drawings Vincent Flückiger
cover score Folio, Lais, motets, ballades, rondeaux et virelais, ca. 1350-1355 (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 1584)
music
Salve sancta parens [Introitus], Agnus Dei & Ite missa est - Guillaume de Machaut
Performed by Björn Schmelzer, Graindelavoix
Messe de Nostre Dame, Glossa 2016
Miserere - Coro della Confraternita di Santa Croce
Live recording, 2014
