FESTIVAL CONCERT
The Leuven Chansonnier Sollazzo Ensemble
A Tribute to Anne, the Princess Royal and Handel’s favorite pupil
Anna Danilevskaia, DirectorErik Bosgraaf, recorder
Quant iay au cuer aulcun contraire (instrumental)
Francesco Corti, harpsichord
Antoine Busnoys (ca. 1430–1492)
Ou beau chastel (unicum) Anonymous
Le corps s’en va et le cuer vous demeure Busnoys
FESTIVAL CONCERT
Ha cuer perdu et désolé (instrumental) Anonymous
Sonata terza in G minor
Quant ce vendra Busnoys or Ockeghem
Count Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer for Recorder and Basso Continuo (1692–1766)
Grave — Allegro — Sarabanda. Grave — Giga presto
Le corps s’en va, le coeur demeure
Aime qui vouldra (instrumental) Anonymous
Au travail suis que peu de gens me croiraient Barbingant or Ockeghem
Suite in D minor for Harpsichord, HWV 428 Handel
The Leuven Chansonnier
Vraiz amans (unicum) Anonymous
Prelude — Allegro — Allemande — Courante — Air & Double — Presto
Sollazzo Ensemble
Donnez laumosne chiere Dame (unicum) Anonymous
Sonata in G major, Op. 9, No. 7 Jean-Marie Leclair (l’aîné) for [Voice] Flute and Basso Continuo (1697–1764)
Si vous voullez que je vous ame (unicum) Anonymous
Cent mil escuz Firminus Caron (fl. ca. 1460–1475) or Busnoys
Andante — Allegro ma non tanto —
Anna Danilevskaia, Director
Aria. Affettuoso; Altro — Giga. Allegro moderato
FESTIVAL CONCERT
Sonata seconda in G minor Van Wassenaer for Recorder and Basso Continuo
Quant iay au cuer aulcun contraire (instrumental)
Sollazzo Ensemble
Antoine Busnoys (ca. 1430–1492)
Grave — Allegro — Adagio — Giga presto
Carine Tinney, soprano
Ou beau chastel (unicum) Anonymous
Le corps s’en va et le cuer vous demeure Busnoys
Comme femme desconfortée (instrumental)
La despourveue et la bannye
Jonatan Alvarado, tenor
Lior Leibovici, tenor
Gilles Binchois (ca. 1400–1460)
Sonata in B minor Handel for Voice Flute and Basso Continuo, HWV 367a
Largo — Vivace — Furioso — Adagio — Alla breve — Andante — A tempo di menuet
Franziska Fleischanderl, psaltery
Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1410–1497)
L’omme banny Barbingant (fl. ca. 1445–1460)
Christoph Sommer, lute
Johanna Bartz, flute
Henri Phlippet (unicum) Anonymous
Sonata in E major, Op. 30, No. 7
Filipa Meneses, vihuela de arco
Ha cuer perdu et désolé (instrumental) Anonymous
Johann Christian Schickhardt for Recorder and Basso Continuo (ca. 1681–1762)
Anna Danilevskaia, vihuela de arco & Director
Quant ce vendra Busnoys or Ockeghem
Allegro — Siciliano — Allegro — Allegro — Giga — Allegro
Aime qui vouldra (instrumental) Anonymous
Au travail suis que peu de gens me croiraient Barbingant or Ockeghem
Notes on the Program
Vraiz amans (unicum) Anonymous
In 2014, during an auction, a collector felt adventurous and took a risk: he bought a lot including a statuette, a box, and a small ancient book. One year later, curiosity led him to contact the Alamire Foundation in Leuven, because there were some old songs in the book and he wanted to get advice from specialists in Renaissance polyphony.
emblem on the front flyleaf), and although three different calligraphies can be distinguished, it is not yet known where and when the manuscript was compiled.
Donnez laumosne chiere Dame (unicum) Anonymous
Si vous voullez que je vous ame (unicum) Anonymous
Cent mil escuz
Firminus Caron (fl. ca. 1460–1475) or Busnoys
However, certain assumptions can be made: for example, it is extremely likely that the chansonnier was possessed by a woman, since the profile of a female musician and composer is apparent. First of all, one of the pieces,
