The absence of Machaut’s compositions in Czech sources is surprising as far as Machaut must have stayed in our territory as a secretary of  the king John of Luxembourg. His famous four-part Marian Mass, which we perform in a period allowable transposition for higher voices, must not be missing from our repertoire. The atmosphere of this masterpiece is enhanced by monophonic Marian chants – cantio – from Czech sources of the late Middle Ages.

Tiburtina Ensemble & Alex Potter / Terry Wey