Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble: Marenzio - Jubilate Deo

Luca Marenzio (1553?-1599) - Jubilate Deo
Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble
(Period instrument ensemble)
Michael Holmes, music director
with choir and soloists of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Peter Latona, organist and choir master

Latin text:

[Psalm 97: 4-9]
Jubilate Deo, omnis terra;
cantate, et exsultate, et psallite.
Psallite Domino in cithara;
in cithara et voce psalmi;
in tubis ductilibus, et voce tubæ corneæ.
Jubilate in conspectu regis Domini:
moveatur mare, et plenitudo ejus;
orbis terrarum, et qui habitant in eo.
Flumina plaudent manu;
simul montes exsultabunt a conspectu Domini:
quoniam venit judicare terram.
Judicabit orbem terrarum in justitia,
et populos in æquitate.

English translation:

Sing joyfully to God, all the earth;
make melody, rejoice and sing.
Sing praise to the Lord on the harp,
and with the voice of a psalm:
With long trumpets, and sound of the cornet.
Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king:
Let the sea be moved and the fullness thereof:
the world and they that dwell therein.
The rivers shall clap their hands,
the mountains shall rejoice together
at the presence of the Lord:
because he cometh to judge the earth.
He shall judge the world with justice,
and the people with equity.

About the group:

Considered one of the premiere ensembles of its kind in North America, the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble (WCSE), directed by Michael Holmes, consists of historic brass instrument specialists based in Washington D.C. Assemblages of cornetts (curved hybrid brass/woodwind instruments) and sackbuts (early trombones) comprised what was the standard brass ensemble of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras in Western music. WCSE's membership has modified and grown considerably since its inception in 1997, performing extensively, and in high demand, in in the Eastern U.S. by several of the more prominent historic vocal and instrumental groups in the American early music community. Its repertoire is vast, exploring nearly every possible style period and region where early brass sources were represented, including music from the major Italian, German, Polish, Bohemian, Moravian, Scandinavian, Spainish, and English courts, as well as the Americas. In the summer of 2001, WCSE produced its first recording of music by Giovanni Gabrieli and Heinrich Schütz. In August 2003, they were invited to be the featured ensemble at the Historic Brass Society Festival at Yale University (New Haven, CT). WCSE was also featured in the 2004 CD recording Mass in Honor of the Immaculate Conception in music by Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Marenzio, and Ugolini, in collaboration with the choir of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. Another one of their recordings of a canzona by Claudio Merulo circulated widely to numerous North American universities in 2005 as part of the anthology for Craig Wright and Brian Simms's music history textbook Music in Western Civilization. The ensemble continues to provide their unique, mellifluous, and historically informed sound for numerous choirs who want to enrich their programming through the glorious forgotten practice of colla parte ("doubling the choral parts") or providing Stadtpfeiffer ("town piper") fanfares and flourishes for ceremonial occasions.

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