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considerable quantity of musical pieces from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance has been handed down, but there is only little information about the way they were interpreted. There is usually no information about tempo, instruments, distribution of lyrics. Rhythm and intonation may be contestable as well. Even if an interpret of such music takes advantage of accessible sources, he often has to rely on his own intuition and creativity, which help him to capture the taste of the period and the composer's goal and to give new life to a forgotten composition.

We'd like to call your attention to some parts of our repertory:

• Medieval liturgical songs
• Carmina Burana
• Oswald von Wolkenstein
• Guillaume Dufay
• Medieval music from Bohemia
• Italian dances of the XV. c.
• Italian dances of the XVI. c.
• French dances of the XVI. c.
• ... and other renaissance dances
• Renaissance songs
• Playfords The Dancing Master
• Songs of C. M. Bellmana
• Early jewish music

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Last update: 23 May 2004