Friday, 9 december | 19:30 h | Norbertinessenpriorij Sint-Catharinadal NL | € 16,00/ € 12,00 | BUY TICKETS
Sunday, 11 december | 14:30 h | Grote Kerk, ‘s-Hertogenbosch NL | SOLD OUT
Saturday, 17 december | 20:15 h | Concerten bij Kaarslicht, Jisp NL | € 19,00 | BUY TICKETS
Sunday, 18 december | 14:00 h | Kunst in het Kerkje, Velp (NB) NL | € 16,00 | BUY TICKETS

The Breath from Heaven
The Annunciation was early regarded as one of the most fascinating mysteries of the Christian faith. The story, described in the Gospel of Luke, tells how the angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive by the afflatus superi flamini, the breath from heaven. The early Flemish polyphonist Guillaume Dufay wrote his magnificent Missa Ecce ancilla Domini for this purpose. The program is supplemented with Gregorian chants from the renowned choirbooks of the Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap in Den Bosch, and traditionally opened and closed with an Ave Maria.

Concertprogramma
Jacobus Clemens non Papa (ca. 1510-1555/56) | Ave Maria
Gregorian chant| Introit: Rorate Coeli*
Guillaume Dufay (1397?-1474) | Missa Ecce ancilla Domini – Kyrie
Guillaume Dufay | Missa Ecce ancilla Domini – Gloria
Gregorian chant | Mittit ad virginem*
Gospel of the Annunciation
Anonymous | De coelo veniet*
Guillaume Dufay | Missa Ecce ancilla Domini – Sanctus
Anonymous | Versper antifoon: Ecce in nubibus*
Gregorian chant | Communio: Ecce virgo concipiet*
Anonymous | Quem terra, pontus, aethera*
Jacobus Clemens non Papa | Ave Maria

* From the choirbooks of the Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap in Den Bosch (NL).

Stratton Bull , Andrew Hallock*, Tim Braithwaite | superius
Korneel Van Neste, Lior Leibovici* | contratenor
Pieter De Moor*, Peter de Laurentiis | tenor
Marc Busnel, Grantley McDonald* | bassus

Artistic director: Stratton Bull

(* not in the smaller formation of 17 en 18 december)