#2209: Program #2209

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

A quirky reworking of a medieval mass by the early-music vocal group, the Orlando Consort, and the modern jazz quartet, Perfect Houseplants takes center stage on this edition of New Sounds. From the CD Ex Tempore 2, this modern Mass for the Feast of St. Michael is based on the medieval chart-topping melody L'homme armé. The result is somehow not a conceptual crossover train wreck, but an imaginative adventure in wedding these styles which are five centuries apart. Take early polyphony’s vocal harmonies in parallel motion, together with composed jazz (featuring saxophone and prepared piano), and then remember that improvisation was just as essential to medieval music as it is to modern jazz.

PROGRAM #2209, "Beyond Time: The New Sound of Early Music" (First aired on 10/28/03)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek	Officium	Parce Mihi Domine, version 1 [6:30]	ECM #1525** www.ecmrecords.com*
Orlando Consort & Perfect Houseplants	Extempore II	The Man, The Man [4:00] Archangel [2:30] Gospel [3:00] Dona Nobis Pacem [3:30]	Harmonia Mundi #907319** www.harmoniamundi.com*
Sigur Ros and Steindor Andersen	Rimur EP	Part 3 [6:00]	Krunk EP Rare, but available at either www.insound.com OR www.importantrecordstore.com
Estampie	Crusaders - In Nomine Domine	Chanterai pour mon coraige [6:00]	Christophorus #77183 dist. by Qualiton Imports, but likely out of print. Try www.estampie.de
Sarah Pillow	Remixes	O Let Me Weep (Purcell) [1:30] O Let Me Weep (Precision Guided Teares) [5:00] Ode du Premier Jour de Mai [5:00]	Buckyballmusic #BR-101 (2 CDs) www.buckyballmusic.com/sarahpillow
Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek	Officium	Parce Mihi Domine, version 3, excerpt [1:00]	See above.

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