From the year of its foundation in 1970 the Scola fulfilled
until 1995 its weekly duty: the choir sang during the High Mass in the Saint
Salvator Cathedral in Bruges.
In 1974 it made a first performance in a national tour for the 'Davidsfonds'.
In 1976 it received a first invitation for the
Festival of Flanders.
Also the 'Walloon Festival du Mosan' soon made an appeal to the Scola.
Besides performances in more than a hundred places in its own country, tours in The Netherlands, England and Switzerland, other European Festivals also engaged the Scola:
| - in Germany: | the 'Bregenzer Festspiele' (Scheidegg) |
| - in France: | the Festival 'Estival de Paris' |
| the Festival 'Musique en Bourgogne' (Vézelay, Tournus) | |
| the 'Festival d'Avignon' (Sénanque, Ville-Neuve) | |
| - in Austria: | the 'Kirchenmusikfestival' (Salzburg) |
| - in Spain: | the Festival of Santander |
| the 'Quincena Musical' (San Sebastian) | |
| the Festival 'Arco Sacro' (Madrid | |
| "Cyclo de canto gregoriano" (Cuenca) | |
| the Festival of Palma (Mallorca) | |
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the 'Festival de músiques religioses del Món' (Girona) |
Out of gratitude the city of Bruges offers a biennial
performance with the title:
'Gregorian music as a source of inspiration'.
Following performances are already realised:
- Scola and organ (with Ignace Michiels, organist of the cathedral)
- Scola and polyfony (with the choir of R. Veremans, the choir Animato,
and the choir Collegium De Dunis)
- Scola and orthodox singings (with the Russian-Orthodox choir of Saint-Petersburg)
Every Sunday, since January 1996, at 10 A.M., the Scola performs during
the High Mass in the Church of the fathers Carmelites in the 'Ezelstraat'
in Bruges, with the co-operation of Prof. Chris
Dubois, organist.
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'Laudes Mariae'
is a collection of singings of graduale, vesperale and some hymns
of praise in the honour of Our Lady. The whole life of the Virgin
Mary is represented: the prediction, the birth, the motherhood, the
mother of grieves and the glorious Assumption. |
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'Requiem' contains
singings of the liturgy for the deceased. A first part brings singings
of the Death Mass. Afterwards you can hear singings for the funeral
liturgy. Then singings can be heard that are composed for the Angel
Mass, the funeral of children. Some singings of the Office for the
Dead and an appendix of the historical singings 'Libera me' and 'Dies
irae' conclude the recording.
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'Puer natus est'
contains a collection of singings of graduale and vesperale for the
Advent and Christmas time. At first you can hear singings of the 4
Advent Sundays. They are followed by singings for Christmas Day. A
second part is dedicated to singings for the feast of Epiphany, completed
with singings of kyriale VIII, Missa De Angelis.
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'Resurrexi'
contains the complete series of Eucharistic singings for the important
feast of Easter time. Preceded by a quartet of singings of the vigils
of Easter you can hear all the singings for Easter, Ascension and
Whit Sunday. They are followed by the hymn 'Antifoon' and 'Magnificat'. Listening-extract: 'Pascha Nostrum'
These CDs are available in
almost every record store. Geert
Demeyere,
Molenstraat 55, 8020 Oostkamp Belgium Tel.: 0032 (0)50 82 43 62 e-mail: geertdemeyere@wol.be
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