Cappella Mariana
Vivat Imperator! Music for Emperor Maximilian - Belgian debut
The Czech group Cappella Mariana has been applying itself since 2008 to polyphonic pearls. Together with artistic director Vojtech Semerád the singers, among them soprano Hana Blažíková, cherished by AMUZ, always vouch for an expressive performance of the music. Semerad got steeped in the thirteen Alamire manuscripts that the Austrian National Library boasts, selecting music that was written for the Hapsburg court of Maximilian of Austria. He juxtaposes Pierre de la Rues Missa de Sancta Cruce with motets by Antoine Brumel, Antoine de Févin and Jean Mouton.