8. Guillaume de Machaut | Björn Schmelzer

How are you an artist when you are just following a tradition and reading a score?With this eighth episode, Björn Schmelzer takes us on a journey of discovery of medieval sacred music and the oral tradition. This episode a dive into the revival of early music in the XXᵉ century and is dedicated to the French composer and writer Guillaume de Machaut from the XIVᵉ century, whose famous Messe de Nostre Dame performed by the ensemble Graindelavoix will musically illustrate the speaker's point.To go further >CREDITSguest Björn Schmelzer, founder and artistic director of Graindelavoixinterview & editing Andrew Burnproduction REMAcredits music Platée, Act 1, Orage - Jean-Philippe Rameauperformed by Les Talens Lyriques, dir. Christophe RoussetCamera Lucida 2014All rights reserved - Courtesy of Les Talens Lyriquesdesign Doretta Rinaldioriginal drawings Vincent Flückigercover score Folio, Lais, motets, ballades, rondeaux et virelais, ca. 1350-1355 (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 1584) musicSalve sancta parens [Introitus], Agnus Dei & Ite missa est - Guillaume de MachautPerformed by Björn Schmelzer, GraindelavoixMesse de Nostre Dame, Glossa 2016Miserere - Coro della Confraternita di Santa Croce Live recording, 2014