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2026-2027

12 Sept 2026 Wendy Powers leading: The Worlds of Heinrich Isaac
  1. Ne più bella a 4 -- Florentine carnival song praising the women of Florence
  2. Palle, palle a 4 -- instrumental fantasia based on the Medici crest
  3. Quis dabit capiti meo aquam? a 4 -- Latin elegy in memory of Lorenzo de' Medici; text by Angelo Poliziano, quoting Jeremiah 9:1. In middle section, the tenor (the part Lorenzo sang?) goes silent. Phrygian mode.
  4. A la bataglia a 4 -- originally sung 1487 w/political text, appears untexted in 1489 source
  5. Sancti spiritus assit nobis gratia a 4 -- Latin motet honoring HRE Maximilian I. Homorhythmic, w/clear syllabic text setting to maximize comprehensibility.
  6. Der Hund / Das Kind lag in der Wiegen a 3 -- Instrumental fantasia based on two popular tunes
  7. Innsbruch, ich muss dich lassen a 4 -- Lied, with tune in top voice. May have been for Maximilian's court leaving Innsbruck 1500-01. Later became Lutheran chorale O Welt ich muss dich lassen.