Suggested program

Dionysus Consort carefully designs each program as a whole idea, combining main titles that draw a picture of the renaissance period.These titles might describe: humanism, religion, platonic love, superstition or power, and include different segments which usually contain pieces taken from one particular manuscript, printed collection, composer, country or idea.
The following is an example of a program:

THE IDEAL OF LOVE

1. Sospiros de amor
Muy triste sera mi vida, Anonymous (J. Urrede?)
De mi perdida esperança, Triana
Ya de amor era partido, Triana
(Cancionero Musical de la Colombina, MS 7-1-28, Biblioteca Colombina de Sevilla)

2. Vossa lindeza
Quierese morir Anton, por amores de Mirabella, Anonymous
Nao podem meus olhos vervos, Anonymous
Se do mal que me quereis, Anonymous
(Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Publica Hortensia, MS 119, Biblioteca Municipal d'Elvas)

THE MIRROR OF RELIGION

3. Musica caelis
In pace in idipsum, Josquin des Prez (1440-1521)
Si sumpsero, Jacob Obrecht (1450-1505)
(Chansonnier de Marguerite d'Austria, MS 11 239, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels)

4. Musique mésurée à l'antique
Alors, ò Dieu! Tu te levas
À ton bras droit, Dieu ton Seigneur et Père
Tu te releveras donques
(Dodecacorde, La Rochelle, 1598, Claude Le Jeune (c.1528-1600)

THE MASK OF THE DEVIL

5. La Danza del Diavolo
La Gamba in Basso e Soprano
La Gamba in Tenor
La Piva
Trinitas in Unitate
La Danza
(Capricci in Musica a tre voci, Milano, 1564, Vicenzo Ruffo)

6. Diabolus in Musica
A Browninge of three voices, John Baldwine (+1615)
Coockow as me walked, John Baldwine
(Baldwine-Manuscript, RM 24 d 2, 1581-1606), British Library, London)

7. The Dance of the King
Without discord, Henry VIII (1491-1547)
If love now reigned, Henry VIII
Taunder naken, Henry VIII
(MS 31922 Additional, British Library, London)