Bonum Est: a programme on Gregorian Chant.
The Fools or Donkey festival: a festival that took place around New Year, mainly in France, from the fifth until the fifteenth century.
In the eighth episode of Bonum Est you will hear songs of the Fools or Donkey festival that took place around the 1st of January, mainly in France, from the fifth until the fifteenth century. You will hear large parts of the CD "La Fête des Fous, chansons et conduits du XIIIe siècle" by Obsidienne led by Emmanuel Bonnardot.
1. Anonymous, London Ms.
– Estampie.
2. Anonymous, Sens Ms / Piere de Corbeil.
– Conductus "Orientis partibus".
3. Anonymous.
– Chanson de Toile "Belle Yolanz".
4. Shakespeare, from Midsummer’s Night Dream.
– "Les femmes amoureuses de l’âne".
5. Anonymous, Las Huelgas Ms. Conductus.
– "Maria Virgo virginum".
6. Anonymous.
– Pious song "On doit la mère Dieu honorer".
7. Anonymous, Las Huelgas Ms.
– Motet "Salve Sancta parens".
8. Anoniem, Sens Ms / Pierre de Corbeil.
– Conductus "Haec est clara dies".
9. Selectie Jean Claude Mathon.
– "Fatrasie".
10. Anonymous, Florence Ms.
– Rondeau "Ecce tempus gaudii".
11. Anonymous, La Clayette Ms.
– Motet "Ave maris stella".
12. Anonymous.
– Rondeau "En Egypte m’en veuille aller".
13. Gautier de Coinci.
– "Nous prêtres, nous chanteurs".
14. Anonymous, Sens Ms / Pierre de Corbeil.
– Motet "O legi et memini" / Conductus "Lux hodie".
15. Anonymous, Gregorian Chant.
– Introitus "Puer natus est".
16. Anonymous, Sens Ms / Piere de Corbeil.
– Conductus "Orientis partibus".
17. Anonymous, Carol.
– Rondeau "De ma dame".
18-20. Lecture, contrafactum.
– Bien faire hypocras.
– Haricot de mouton.
– Le pasté de veaus.
21. Perotinus.
– Gradual Organum "Viderunt omnes".
22. Anonymous, Montpellier.
– Motet "Viderunt omnes".
23. Anonymous, Gregorian Chant, Saint Yrieix Ms.
– Alleluia "Ortus est".
24. Gautier de Coinci.
– Trope "Hui enfantez" on the prose "Letabundus". 25. Anonymous, Sens Ms / Pierre de Corbeil.
– Sanctus.
26. Gautier de Coinci.
– "Las, las, las".
27. Anoniymous.
– "Ite missa est".
28. Anonymous, Las Huelgas Ms.
– Conductus "Pange Melos".
Obsidienne:
Cantus: Florence Jacquemart, recorders, bagpipe. Catherine Sargent, psalterium. Fabienne Etuint-Laurent, organetto. Nicole Jolliet, organetto. Hélène Moreau, psalterium.
Six children of Ateliers d’Obsidienne: Camille Bonnardot, Antoine Laurent, Joséphine Demerliac, Louise Lemoine, Juliette Nicole, Sarah Younsi-Rallu.
Tenors: Pierre Bourhis, Barnabé Janin, viol, shwalm. Raphaël Picazos.
Countertenor Altus: Emmanuel Bonnardot, crwth, citole, rebec.
Countertenor Bassus: Philippe Laurent, Pierre Tessier, Daniel Sarda, Ludovic Montet, tympanon, bells.
Speaker: Jean-Claude Mathon.
Emmanuel Bonnardot, management.
La Fête des Fous.
Obsidienne led by Emmanuel Bonnardot.
Calliope CAL 9344, 2005
