Cinco Canciones (1557)


Composer:	T.C Créquillon	Suppliers:
Editor:	Helmut Mönkmeyer	Quartet	D/A/T/B
Publisher:	Moeck Verlag	Publication:	Edition Moeck Nr. 3613

I was introduced to this work in September 2000 on joining the Schrader Ensemble, Bremen. As the title suggests there are five "canciones" namely:

1. "Alix", fol. 68
2. "Jeprens Engrei", fol. 69
3. "Un gai bergier", fol. 69
4. "Pour vn Plaisir", fol. 71
5. "Ade mi mort", fol. 70

We play "Un gai bergier", a jolly piece, at a fairly fast tempo. There is bright time signature change from 4/4 to 3/4 and back to liven things up. We also play "Ade mi mort", this item being marked by a dreamlike opening whereby each voice joins the first (descant) in succession as in a canon, a truly beautiful renaissance piece.
I performed Ade mi mort and Un gai bergier as a bass player and member of the Bremer Blockflötenensemble notably at the Kreismusikschule Diepholz on 8th September 2001.