Presented as part of the QuVee Mock Masterclass Series

Music from Ockeghem to Josquin celebrating the musical, technological, and scientific inventions from the 15th & 16th centuries

As the Middle Ages ended and the Renaissance began, music and technology experienced an explosion of innovation and invention. The printing press, flying machines, golf, whiskey, parachutes, bell chimes, toothbrushes, spring-driven clocks…these inventions and more changed society as we knew it. 

At the same time, music was undergoing innovations of its own. From the interlocking polyrhythms of Johannes Ockeghem and Antoine Busnoys to the aural revolution of Josquin des Prez’s exquisite motets, music in Europe was never the same.

This concert features the revolutionary sounds that changed the course of music in Europe and beyond. A consort of medieval and early Renaissance singer-specialists are joined by instruments that reflect the musical and mechanical evolution of the time: a medieval “alta cappella” band of…