RenChorNY

Austro-Hungarian Court Composers

The RenChorNY Chamber Choir will be joined by viols in this presentation of music by Austro-Hungarian court composers. Like her grandfather Maximilian I, who employed Isaac and Senfl, Mary Queen of Hungary employed the Court composer Thomas Stoltzer to set Luther’s new 1524 Hebrew-German Psalm translations to six- and seven-voice polyphony. Senfl arranged Josquin’s Ave Maria for 6 voices. These and other motets are featured by RenChorNY in two performances, led by Richard Porterfield.

Sunday, May 5 at 4 pm
Admission: By donation
Hudson View Gardens Lounge, 128 Pinehurst Avenue, Manhattan

Sunday, May 12 at 4 pm
Admission: By donation
Trinity Lutheran Church, 164 West 100th Street, Manhattan

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Program
Lust hab ich g’habt zur Musica ~ Ludwig Senfl (c.1486–c.1543)
Ave rosa sine spinis
Psalm 132: Ecce quam bonum
Psalm 126: Nisi Dominus

Fortuna desperata á3 ~ attr. Antoine Busnois (c.1430–1492)

Quodlibet: Fortuna desperata/Nasci, pati, mori ~ Senfl

Ave Maria … virgo serena á4 ~ Josquin des Prez (c.1450–1521)

Ave Maria … virgo serena á6 ~ Senfl, after Josquin

Tandernaken ~ Senfl

O admirabile commercium Thomas Stolzer (c.1480–1526)

Psalm 37 ~ Stolzer
  1. Erzürne dich nicht
  2. Halt den Herrn still
  3. Der Gottlose dräuet dem Gerechten
  4. Der Herr kennt die Tage
  5. Ich bin jung gewesen
  6. Der Gottlose sieht auf den Gerechten
  7. Bewahre die Frömmigkeit