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Missa Ave Maris Stella
Josquin des Prez 1450?-1521
Josquin was the greatest composer of the early Renaissance, the most varied in invention and the most profound in expression; his peers compared his artistic abilities to those of Michelangelo. Our 2004 Season (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 220kb) begins with a liturgical reconstruction of his delightful four-part mass on the Latin hymn Ave Maris Stella in the intimate acoustic of the National War Memorial.
The hymn Ave Maris Stella ("Hail star of the sea")
is the hymn at Vespers on Feast Days of the Blessed Virgin Mary (known today as
"Marian Feasts"); Josquin probably wrote his mass setting on that hymn melody
for use at mass on the same feast days. There are several different Marian Feasts in the
Catholic calendar at which Missa Ave Maris Stella might have been perform
ed; the propers for this
reconstruction are those for the Feast of the Presentation of the infant Christ in the
Temple in Jerusalem, which according to the old orthodox Catholic calendar (based on the
Julian calendar, which would have been in use in Josquin's day) falls on February 15 each
year.
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Programme
Hymn: Ave Maris Stella: plainsong
Missa Ave Maris Stella by Josquin
with the plainsong and polyphonic propers for
the Marian Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Introitus: Salve sancta Parens: plainsong
Kyrie: Missa Ave Maris Stella: Josquin
Gloria: Missa Ave Maris Stella: Josquin
Collect: chant
Gradual: Benedicta et venerabilis es, Virgo Maria: plainsong
Gospel: chant
Credo: Missa Ave Maris Stella: Josquin
Offertorium: Ave Maria, gratia plena: Josquin
Sursum corda: chant
Sanctus / Osanna I / Benedictus / Osanna II: Missa Ave Maris Stella: Josquin
Pater noster: chant
Agnus Dei I / II / III: Missa Ave Maris Stella: Josquin
Communio: Beata viscera Mariae Virginis: plainsong
Motet: Gaude Virgo, Mater Christi: Josquin
Post-communio: chant
Ite, missa est: plainsong
7.30pm, Sunday 15 February
Hall of Memories - National War Memorial
Buckle Street, Wellington
$25 / $15