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4/25/05

SLU'S EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE PLAYS WORKS OF 'JOSQUIN'S FRIENDS'

CANTON – The Early Music Ensemble at St. Lawrence University will present 
"Josquin's Friends: Obrecht, Isaac, de la Rue" on Sunday, May 1, at 2 p.m. 
in Gunnison Memorial Chapel on campus. The performance is open to the 
public, free of charge.
	This concert continues the exploration of the great Netherlander 
composers of the time of Columbus, begun with the Ensemble's fall concert 
dedicated to Josquin Des Prez (c.1450-1521). Director Barry Torres states, 
"This was an extraordinary time in Western music history, with many high-level 
composers all hailing from the 'low countries.'"
	The Ensemble will perform instrumental works on recorders and crumhorns, 
and a cappella vocal music for the Mass by three of the most illustrious musicians 
at the turn of the 16th century, men who worked at the greatest courts of 
Europe – Jacob Obrecht (Ercole d'Este, Duke of Ferrara), Heinrich Isaac (Lorenzo 
di Medici and Maximilian, Holy Roman Emperor) and Pierre de la Rue (Maximilian 
and Phillip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy). 
	The Early Music Ensemble – the Early Music Players and the Early Music 
Singers – is a group of students, faculty and community members dedicated to 
the performance of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music. The Players perform 
on both modern instruments and replica period instruments from the University's 
Romer Collection.

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