Cipriano de Rore

Program: #03-19   Air Date: May 12, 2003

NOTE: All of the music on this program is from the recording Cipriano de Rore: Sacred & Secular Motets performed by the Weser-Renaissance ensemble directed by Manfred Cordes.

Born in poverty in Antwerp, few of the Flemish composers who made such a mark on European music had an impact as great as Cipriano (1516-1565)--at the end of his life he went between Brussels and Parma, where he is interred beside the great artist Agostino Caracci.

1. Laudem dicite ("Sing praise to our God").
2. Ave Regina caelorum ("Hail, Queen of heaven").
3. Justus es Domine ("You are just, Lord").
4. Miserere nostri ("Have mercy on us, God of all").
5. O Crux benedicta ("O blessed cross").
6. Pater noster [Lord's Prayer].
7. Da pacem, Domine ("Give peace, Lord").
8. O fortuna patens ("O mighty fortune").
9. Mirabar solito laetas ("I marveled that the Muses were so happy").
10. O qui populos ("You who regard the nations as equals").
11. Descendi in hortum meum ("I descended into my garden").
12. Caro mea vere est cibus ("My flesh is the true blood").
13. Beati omnes ("Blessed are all those who fear the Lord").
14. Quem vidistis pastores? ("Whom did the shepherds see?")
15. Hodie Christus natus est ("Today Christ is born").
16. Agimus tibi gratias ("We give thanks to you").

Composer Info

Cipriano (1516-1565)