Masters of mystical beauty; from Machaut to Pärt

Music and spirituality have always been indivisible; from the composer Guillaume de Machaut almost 700 years ago all the way to present day works by Arvo Pärt. Their unrivalled mystique will be complemented by works of two Slovene composers, similarly distant in the fashion of time; a 400 year-old  motet by Jacobus Handl Gallus and a price-winning composition by Kristina Pustinek Rakar.

Repertoire

Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377)/Hans Leenders (1971):
SANS CUER/AMIS, DOLENS/DAME, POUR VOUS, B 17 (Guillaume de Machaut)

Arvo Pärt (1935):
THE DEER’S CRY (The Lorica of Saint Patrick)

Arvo Pärt (1935):
BOGORODITSE DJEVO (prayer)

Jacobus Handl – Gallus (1550–1591):
LIBERTAS ANIMI CIBUS (Carmina proverbalia, 207)

Katarina Pustinek Rakar (1979):
LIBERTAS ANIMI CIBUS (Carmina proverbalia, 207)


The participants will be able to attend the atelier with original scores only. The use of photocopies shall not be permitted. We will offer affordable set of sheet music specified by the mentor of the atelier. The participants will be able to purchase them only after receiving the confirmation of participation in the chosen atelier. The link to the online store will be published here in April 2021.

Mentor

Hans Leenders (NL)

Hans Leenders (NL)
Hans Leenders is the Artistic Director of Studium Chorale, a professional chamber choir, and of the vocal ensemble Cantatrix. In addition, he is the principal organ teacher at the Maastricht Conservatory, conductor of the conservatory choir and artistic advisor of the festival l’Europe & l’Orgue. Leenders is the principal organist of the Basilica of Our Lady in Maastricht and the conductor of the Basilica choir, orchestra and its Schola Cantorum. As a composer, he is known especially for his vocal music (Ascolta Music Publishing).