Isaac, Florence, and the Medici
All male voice program with:
Andrew Rader, countertenor
William Hudson, tenor (director)
John Olund, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone

Music by Heinrich Isaac, Andreas de Silva, Costanzo Festa, Antonius de Cividale, Alexander Agricola, and Guillaume Du Fay. Click here for details…

Crowned with Laurels (4 voice program)
14th c. Settings of Poetry by Petrarch, Sacchetti,
Boccaccio, and others
Recording coming 2010 — sponsored in part by the American Musicological Society's Noah Greenberg Award.

An exploration of the elegant beauty and fiery emotions in the extraordinary repertoire of fourteenth-century Italy and France. We pay tribute to the revered fathers of Humanism: Francesco Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Franco Sacchetti, and their French contemporaries through musical settings by Jacopo da Bologna, Niccolò da Perugia, Guillaume de Machaut, Binchois, and the poet-composer Francesco Landini, who was honored by King Peter of Cyprus with a crown of laurels. Click here for details…

Flyleaves (3 & 4 voice programs)
Medieval English Music

This program resurrects hidden treasures from several of Medieval England's most influential centers of musical activity: Durham, Fountains Abbey, Norwich, Bury St. Edmunds Abbey, and the cosmopolitan court of Edward III. Click here for details....

“The singing is responsible, tasteful, and unfailingly artistic, with lovely balancing and blending of voices. Those who may regret the dismantling of Anonymous 4 would do well now to embrace Liber unUsualis. . . . This plucky little ensemble is a treasure to nurture.” (American Record Guide)

Nowell (4 voice program)
Christmas Songs Old & New

A unique and broad-ranging collection of pieces from the middle ages and renaissance, combined with a few exquisite modern choral works based on ancient texts. The program intertwines carols, motets, and lullabies from across Europe and North America with modern works such as Hugo Distler's "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen," and John Harbison's "O magnum misterium."  Click here for details…

A Medieval Reliquary (3 voice program)
Songs for Saints

Music from 14th- and 15th- century England, France, and Italy by Walter Frye, Matteo da Perugia, Guillaume Du Fay, and others. Click here for details…

“Soprano Melanie Germond...articulated the poetic, winding melodies flawlessly, beautiful and animated over the slow-moving tones held fast by tenor, William Hudson. These tones stood like columns in the room, which supported the melodies in a wonderful way into the ears and hearts of the audience. . . . The echo continues in the mind a long time." (Die Rheinpfalz, Germany)