Spanish vihuelist Miguel de Fuenllana’s (c.1500-1579) intabulation of Claudin de Sermisy’s (c.1490-1562) 4-voice (SATB) chanson “Tant que vivray” from the Chansons nouvelles (Paris, 1528). Work was printed in Book V of Fuenllana’s “Orphénica Lyra” (Seville, 1554).

Soneto lõmbardo by Spanish vihuelist Enríquez de Valderrábado (fl. 1547), from Book 6 of his “Silva de Sirenas” (Valladolid, 1547).

A cidade de Évora estabeleceu-se nos séculos XVI e XVII como um importante centro de actividade musical, não só através da prática musical mas também pelo ensino da música e formação de músicos. O Colégio dos Moços do Coro da Catedral eborense preparou sucessivas gerações de músicos que ocuparam cargos de relevo como mestres de capela, cantore…[Read more]

Preview of the edition of the antiphon “Vidi aquam” for four voices (SATB) by Portuguese composer Duarte Lobo (c.1564-1646) from the 1621 Liber Missarum. Polyphonia 26.

Preview of the edition for the even verses of the “Magnificat Secundi Toni by Portuguese composer Duarte Lobo (c.1564-1646). For four (SATB), three (ATB) and six (SSAATB) voices. Polyphonia 25 Work is fully available at http://mpmp.pt/produto/polyphonia-25-duarte-lobo-magnificat-secundi-toni-versos-pares/

Exhibition at the atrium of the Public Library and Regional Archive of Angra do Heroísmo, from October 1-15 2012, commemorating the World Music Day. This exhibition is made of a collection of music treatises by Portuguese authors, from seventeenth-century António Fernandes “Arte de Música” to twentieth-century work by Luís de Freitas Branco. Mos…[Read more]

Small exhibition entitled “Livros de Coro do Século XVII” (“Seventeenth-Century Choirbooks”) prepared in the chapel of St Peter ad vincula, at Angra Cathedral. This consists of three printed books – Duarte Lobo’s Liber Missarum and Cantica Beata Virginis and Manuel Cardoso’s Cantica Beata Virginis – that were printed in Antwerp by Balthasarius Mor…[Read more]

Em 1905 foi criada na Sé Catedral de Angra do Heroísmo uma schola cantorum com o objectivo de promover a prática de cantochão e polifonia vocal sacra segundo o modelo estabelecido no motu proprio de Pio X. O objectivo deste artigo é reflectir sobre os eventos que conduziram à fundação desta escola, a relação entre o Seminário diocesano e a escola…[Read more]

The 4-voice (SATB) “Alleluia” of Portuguese composer Manuel Mendes (c.1547-1605) was recorded by Ensemble Eborensis in Évora Museum, August 2014, following the edition of this work prepared for the “Polyphonia” series (n.º 1) published in 2012 by Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa.

Preview of the edition of Portuguese composer Duarte Lobo’s (c.1566-1646) antiphon “Asperges me” for four voices (SATB) from the 1621 Liber Missarum. Polyphonia 23 Work is fully available at http://www.mpmp.pt/produto/polyphonia-23-duarte-lobo-asperges-me

A Sé Catedral de Angra conserva um dos mais importantes arquivos de música sacra do arquipélago dos Açores. Este arquivo inclui obras de compositores como Marcos Portugal, João José Baldi entre outros. Este artigo tem como objectivo uma reflexão sobre várias destas obras, que foram interpretadas em concerto, da autoria de alguns dos mais destaca…[Read more]

Unpublished edition of Portuguese composer Pedro de Cristo’s (c.1550-1618) Christmas invitatory “Christus natus est nobis” for five voices (SATTB). Edited from P-Cug MM 36. Work is completely available here.

Preview of the edition of Portuguese composer Estêvão de Brito’s (c.1575-1641) Missa Ferialis (Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei) for four voices (SATB). Polyphonia 22 Work is fully available at http://www.mpmp.pt/produto/polyphonia-22-estevao-de-brito-missa-ferialis

Preview of the edition of Manuel Cardoso’s (1566-1650) motets “Erat Jesus ejiciens” and “Ecce mulier Chananea” for four voices (SATB). Polyphonia 21 Work is fully available at http://www.mpmp.pt/produto/polyphonia-21-manuel-cardoso-erat-jesus-ejiciens-ecce-mulier-chananea

The frescoes of the Church of São Sebastião, in the island of Terceira, were probably painted in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. The paintings in the Epistle side of the church depict scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary, in five pannels. There are the flagellation of Christ in the Cross; the Annuntiation and the A…[Read more]

The first of the two 4-voice (SATB) settings of the Pro Defuctis Litany refrain by Portuguese composer Aires Fernandes (fl. c.1550), from the Évora choirbooks, was recorded in concert by Ensemble Eborensis (dir. Luís Henriques) in the Church of Senhor Jesus da Pobreza, Évora, July 14th, 2014. The performance follows the edition of this work pr…[Read more]

Projecção de quatro vídeos comentados relativos à actuação da Schola do Ensemble Eborensis na II Residência Cisterciense, que decorreu de 19 a 20 de Setembro de 2014 no mosteiro de S. Bento de Cástris, subordinada ao tema “A estética, o espaço e o tempo: Reflexos da Contra-reforma na praxis musical”, também parte integrante do projecto “Orfeus -…[Read more]

Preview of the edition of Estêvão Lopes Morago’s (c.1575-c.1630) motets “Montes et colles”, “Revelabitur gloria Domini” and “Egredietur Dominus” for four voices (SATB). Polyphonia 20 Work is fully available at http://www.mpmp.pt/produto/polyphonia-20-lopes-morago-montes-et-colles-revelabitur-gloria-domini-egredietur-dominus

Preview of the edition of the motets “Parce, Domine”, “Ut quid Domine” and “Domine ne memineris” by composer Estêvão Lopes Morago (SATB). Polyphonia 19. Work is fully available at http://mpmp.pt/produto/polyphonia-19-lopes-morago-parce-domine-ut-quid-domine-domine-ne-memineris/

Preview of the edition of Estêvão Lopes Morago’s (c.1575-c.1630) motets “Exsurge, quare obdormis Domine”, “Esto mihi in Deum” and “Intellige clamorem meum” for four voices (SATB). Polyphonia 18 Work is fully available at http://mpmp.pt/produto/polyphonia-18-lopes-morago-exsurge-quare-obdormis-domine-esto-mihi-in-deum-intellige-clamorem-meum/