New York Polyphony

And the Sun Darkened New York Polyphony

Resonating across more than five centuries, expressions of personal piety and prayer fill these works by a quartet of Franco-Flemish composers, all born in the 15th century, and their modern-day colleagues, Estonian Cyrillus Kreek (1889--1962) and British-Norwegian Andrew Smith (b. 1970).

Officium de Cruce by Loyset Compère is a setting of a 14th-century hymn which follows the episodes of the Passion in a continuously flowing musical narrative: from the betrayal of Christ to his death - when the sun darkened - and entombment.

Works by Adrian Willaert - Josquin Desprez - Loyset Compère - Cyrillus Kreek - Pierre de La Rue - Andrew Smith.