The Contemporary Perotin

Thy Kiss of a Divine Nature
The Contemporary Perotin
Hilliard Ensemble
Arthaus Musik 100 695 (2 DVDs + CD)

Contents:

DVD

    The kiss of a Divine Nature - The Contemporary Perotin
  1. Perotinus' innovation
  2. A letter to Martin Burckhardt
  3. Leonin rehearsal
  4. Rieman musical encyclopedia
  5. Cloister I
  6. Music: Beata viscera (conductus)
  7. Paris in the Middle Ages
  8. Cloister II
  9. Symposion I: Martin Burckhardt
  10. Music: Laude jocunda - Prosa
  11. The question of interpretation I
  12. Cloister III
  13. The question of interpretation II
  14. Symposion II: Christian Kaden, Sociologist of music
  15. The question of interpretation III
  16. Theatre rehearsal I: the black and the white Mary
  17. Music: Descendit de celis I (organum)
  18. The word becomes flesh (walk in the woods)
  19. Music: Descendit de celis II (organum)
  20. Theatre rehearsal II: the ear conception
  21. Theatre rehearsal III: when God is no God ...
  22. Excursus: Perotin and the invention of money
  23. Theatre rehearsal IV: tableau vivant
  24. Symposion III: Jürg Stenzl - Historian of music
  25. Music: alleluia nativitas (organum)
  26. Symposion III: dispute
  27. Theatre rehearsal V: Mary as a letter
  28. Music: viderunt omnes (quadruplum)
  29. Theatre rehearsal VI: flawless projection screens
  30. Theatre rehearsal VII: the power of imagination
  31. The betrayal of nature
  32. Music: Dum sigillum (conductus)
  33. Music: Benedicamus domini (organum)
  34. Credits

Bonus DVD

    The Perotin Symposion
    Who was Perotinus Magnus - Myth or History ?
  1. Perotinus innovation, Jürg Stenzl, Historian of Music
  2. Wealth of euphony - Christian Kaden, Sociologist of Music
  3. The question after the question - Martin Burckhardt, Historian of Culture
  4. Two concepts of time - Rudolf Flotzinger, Historian of Music
  5. The astronaut Perotin - Martin Burckhardt, Historian of Culture
  6. Is Aristotle the wrong provider of keywords (dispute I)?
  7. The delivrery of the individual (dispute II)
  8. The end

    9. Perotinus Magnus - The Vision of a Film Project
  9. The beginning of the film
  10. Music: Beata es virgo (offertorium)
  11. The mother-of-God machine
  12. The idea of a loudspeaker
  13. Singing like Dervishes
  14. Perotinus, the revolutionary
  15. History of interpretation
  16. Workshop atmosphere
  17. Composing with Lego
  18. The dawning of a new age
  19. Music: Laude iocunda
  20. Light finger
  21. The immaculate conception
  22. Music: Dum Sigillum (conductus)
  23. The beam of light
  24. The cathedral of light
  25. Body in body
  26. Dances of Mary
  27. God abdicates
  28. Music: Viderunt omnes
  29. From the idea to the realisation

Bonus CD

    Anon., 11th c.
  1. Offertorium/Graduale: Beata es virgo

    2. Anon. / Notre-Dame de Paris, after 1200: Descenfit de celis
    3-part Organum (according to the Florence writings, 14r)
  2. Descendit de celis
  3. missus ab arce ...
  4. Tamquam sponsus ...
  5. Et exivit ...
  6. Fac deus munda ...
  7. Gloria patris ...
  8. Et exivit ...
  9. Familiam custodi ...
  10. Descendit de celis
  11. missus ab arce ...
  12. Facinora nostra ...

    13. Anon., 11th c.
  13. 1-part responsorium: Dixit Angelus

    14. Anon. / Notre-Dame de Paris, ca 1190: Gaude Maria
    2-part Responsorium (according to the writings of Wolfenbütel II, 48v)
  14. Gaude Maria
  15. virgo cunctas ...
  16. Gabrielem archangelum
  17. Dum virgo ...
  18. Gloria patri ...
  19. Gaude Maria ...

    20. Anon. / St. Martial de Limoges ca 1150.
  20. 2-part prose: Laude jocunda

    21. Leonin / Notre-Dame de Paris, ca 1180: Gaude Maria
    2-part organum (according to the writings of Wolfenbütel I, ca 1240)
  21. Descendit de celis
  22. Tamquam sponsus ...

    23. Perotin / Paris, after 1204: Alleluia Nativitas
    3-part Organum (according to the writings of Wolfenbütel II, around 1260)
  23. Alleluia
  24. Alleluia
  25. Nativitas gloriose ...
  26. Clara ex stirpe ...

    27. Anon. (Perotin ?) / Paris, after 1200: Beata Viscera
    1-part Conductus (according to the Florence writings, around 1250)
  27. Beata viscera ...
  28. Populus gentium ...
  29. Fermenti pessimi ...
  30. Legis mosaicae ...
  31. Solem quern libere ...

    32. Perotin / Paris, soon after 1200: Viderunt omnes (Graduale of the 3rd Christmas Mass)
    4-part Organum (Magnus Liber, Florentine writings)
  32. Viderunt omnes
  33. fines terrae ...
  34. Notum fecit Dominus ...
  35. justitiam suam

    36. Perotin / Paris, after 1200
    2-part Conductus (Unicum from the Florence writings)
  36. Dum sigillum ...

    37. Anon. / Notre-Dame de Paris, after 1200
    2-part organum (according to the writings of Wolfenbüttel II, around 1260)
  37. Benedicamus domino

Playing time: 6h 20"

Performers:
The Hilliard Ensemble

Recording site and date:
Unknown [2005 or prior];
Rel.: 2005

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Pierre-F. Roberge