Johannes Ockeghem - Missa L'Homme Armé.

Johannes Ockeghem - Missa L'Homme Armé - Ensemble "Voix Fort Cleres", Athens, GA 1988
Johannes Ockeghem (c.1410-1497)

Missa L'Homme Armé
(c.1445)

Performed by the ensemble Voix Fort Cleres
Directed by David Schiller

Members of Voix Fort Cleres have included Marguerite Holmes, Elizabeth Sutton, Verna West, Betsy Arrington-Tsao, Lucinda Houtchens, sopranos; Christy Desmet, Kate Inman, Heli Montgomery, altos; John Tsao, Brian Yates, tenors; Tom Riis, James Merritt, David Schiller, Joseph Valles, bass

1. Kyrie (0:07)
2. Gloria (2:19)
3. Credo (7:41)
4. Sanctus (15:06)
5. Agnus Dei (21:37)

Recorded at St. Stephen's Anglican Catholic Church, Athens, Georgia in June 1988

DAT recording, David Schiller; Digitization engineers, Jonathan Smith, Joseph Valles

Illustration from the Missa L'Homme Armé Kyrie initial "K" in the Chigi codex, Vaticanus, Ms. Chigiana, C. VIII. 234

The ensemble Voix Fort Cleres worked to prepare this piece for the better part of half a year, building a deeper understanding of the rhythmic complexities and attempting to solve the problems in musica ficta. Other performances from parts of the mass were given in the Athens area, and at the University of Georgia.

Because of the special conditions which obtained at St. Stephen's church the day of the performance, Director David Schiller elected to perform the Agnus Dei with the pitch set a whole step higher.