FLOS FLORUM – THE FLOWER OF ALL FLOWERS

An hour of Franco-Flemish sacred and secular vocal music from the 15th century, imagined as a book of hours in sound. Songs and motets evoke courtly love and sing praise to the Virgin Mary.

This renowned Boston ensemble specializes in the performance of polyphonic masterpieces and is renowned for the stunning vivacity of its interpretations.

Artists
BLUE HERON Vocal Ensemble
Scott Metcalfe, harp, vielle, and direction

Program
Johannes REGIS Celsitonantis ave genitrix
Guillaume DUFAY Flos florum
Gilles de BINS Je ne vis onques la pareille
Alexander AGRICOLA Credo sur Je ne vis onques
Josquin des PREZ De profundis clamavi
Gaspar van WEERBEKE Stabat mater, Vidi speciosam
Johannes OCKEGHEM
–  Permanent vierge, Pulcra es, Sancta dei genitrix
–  Ave Maria
–  Ma maistresse
–  Excerpts from Missa Ma maistresse

Thursday, September 27th 2018 at 7:30pm
Duration: 1 Hrs 30 Min

For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/concerts  514-285-2000

Bourgie Concert Hall, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) complex, is a 444-seat venue located in the restored Erskine and American Church (designed in 1894 in Neo-Romanesque style by architect Alexander Cowper Hutchison). Designated a national historic site in 1998, the transformed setting is now graced with high-quality acoustics and an exceptional décor incorporating 20 historic Tiffany stained glass windows. Ideal for performances by chamber-music ensembles, string orchestras, and other groups, Bourgie Concert Hall offer music lovers an auditory repertoire as diverse as the MMFA collections

Bourgie Concert Hall
1339 Sherbrooke Street West,
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 2E8