With singing full of inflection and emotion, moments of riveting resonance for singers and listeners as the voices momentarily merged on the tonic and then smoothly drifted away again" - New York Classical Review, April 2023
"This is certainly the new reference recording of one of the highlights of the Renaissance Masses" - Goldberg Stiftung, April 2023
If I hear something I like more all year, I will be surprised" - Gramophone Magazine, June 2022
18 april in ’s-Hertogenbosch en 19 april in Utrecht.
The bustle of the market square, the ringing of bells, the chatter of members of the public and the gentle sounds of local choirs: all these sounds have echoed through the centuries in the historic centre of 's-Hertogenbosch. On 18 April and 19 April, the world-renowned ensemble Cappella Pratensis will perform works from 'Bossche Koorboeken'.
Concert 18 April 20.00 St Janskathedraal 's-Hertogenbosch 19 April 20.15 Pieterskerk Utrecht 'Chapel sounds of Hieronymus Bosch'
Concert without intermission and lasts about 75 minutes. The programme includes works from the Bosch choir books.
Workshop 's-Hertogenbosch 12 13 and 14 April. You can still sign up!
Choir books with teachers from the world-renownedensemble Cappella Pratensis. Under the expert guidance of Stratton Bull (The Royal Conservatoire, The Hague) and Tim Braithwaite (The Conservatoire of Amsterdam), you will be introduced to:Cost €75.00 p.p. for advanced amateurs and students.• Renaissance uitvoeringspraktijken van gregoriaans en polyfonie.
- Historical musical notation
- The Guidonian hand
- Historical improvisation techniques
Cappella Pratensis' recording of Ockeghem's Requiem is top choice
In the world-leading British music magazine GRAMOPHONE - the worlds best classical music reviews - Fabrice Fitch listened to and compared thirteen performances of Ockeghem's Requiem and titled Cappella's performance as TOP CHOICE! The Requiem by Johannes Ockeghem (1410-1497) is considered the oldest composition of a death mass and was probably written between 1460 and 1480. We are extremely honoured by this wonderful ear-catching qualification: ' a compact, rounded, thoughtful performance of impassive beauty, Cappella Pratensis fashion a coherent performance out of a varied collection of individual movements in a recording that grows with repeated listening'.
Duly noted!I