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Dedicated to Gregorian Chant and Early Polyphony
| Shirley Radig | voice |
|---|---|
| Ivo Berg | voice, recorder |
| Milo Machover | voice, Renaissance flute |
| Martin Erhardt | voice, portative organ, organ, fiddle, recorder |
CD:
- Audio example: Sanctus
- more Info about the CD
- Guillaume de Machaut (um 1300 - 1377): Kyrie I from Messe de Nostre Dame (mp3)
recorded live at the concert in the Pauluskirche Kiel, 3.10.2021
- Anon. (um 1300): Tres doux compains (Caccia) (mp3)
recorded live at the concert in the Pauluskirche Kiel, 3.10.2021
Johannes Ockeghem (1410/20-1497):
Missa L'Homme armé
Schola Nusmido
project weeks in Halle (Saale)
Ensemble Nusmido specializes in the interpretation of medieval and Renaissance music. Taking monodic, liturgical plainchant as its starting point, the Ensemble's repertoire covers the main stations of medieval music, right up to the vocal polyphony of the early 16th century.
As a result of having studied together with Dr. Rebecca Stewart and Maurice van Lieshout in Holland, the three musicians have been striving to defend a particular kind of performance practice. Namely, one that implies singing and playing exclusively from the original notation of any given period, performing solely on copies of period instruments, and using historical solmization techniques to apprehend melody and counterpoint in a 'modal' way.
As would have been the case for any musician of the time, the members of Ensemble Nusmido consider themselves both singers and instrumentalists, whereupon the human voice, in natural alliance with the acoustics of its surroundings, stands in central focus. Within these surroundings (most often a church), the aim is to reach, through a flexible tone production, a most intense, contrapuntal interaction of the voices, in which the text declamation can truly become a supporting element of the music.
The name Nusmido comes from the famous Organum Viderunt Omnes written in Paris by a member of the Notre Dame school. In one of the many clausulae that were written out for the word 'Dominus', the syllables as well as the notes of the cantus firmus appear backwards - 'Nusmido'.
From 2009 to 2014, Marijke Meerwijk was joining the ensemble for some concerts and the CD-recording.
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nusmido-01.jpg Photo: Martin Erhardt
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