Introit
A Gallery of Kings
Uses and Abuses of Power, ca. 1300
The Boston Camerata
Anne Azéma, direction, voice & hurdy-gurdy
Michael Barrett, Joel Frederiksen, Ryan Lustgarten & John Taylor Ward, voice with Shira Kammen, vielle & harp Dan Meyers, winds NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY’S JORDAN HALL • TUESDAY, JUNE 10 • 8PM
Ich saz ûf einem steine Walter von der Vogelweide (ca. 1170–ca. 1230)
The King Is Dead – Long Live the King!
Rex in aeternum vive!
Anonymous (12th c.)
Jubilemus regi nostro Anonymous (12th c.)
Adpropinquaverant autem dies David
Plainchant (1 Kings 2:1–4, 12; Psalm 132:1)
Bel m’es, quan vei chamjar lo senorhatge Bertran de Born (1150?–before 1215)
Ecce rex Darius Anonymous (12th c.)
Rex in aeternum vive! Anonymous (12th c.)
Of Penitential Kings
De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine
Plainchant (Psalm 130)
Planctus David Pierre Abelard (1079–1142)
Cantiga – La Pitiçòn que fez el Rey (instrumental)
Of Abusive Kings
Deus iudicium regi da et iustitiam
Adapted from Alfonso el Sabio, King of Castilla (1221–1284)
Plainchant (Psalm 72:1)
Lai royal (instrumental) Anonymous (13th c.?)
A toi rois Artus Anonymous (13th c.?)
Tant me sui de dire teü Anonymous (13th c.?)
En talent ai ke je die Hue de la Ferté (fl. 1220–1235)
Der kuninc Rodolp Der Unverzagte (fl. late 13th c.)
Hé diex qu’il y a de faus visages (spoken)
Gervais du Bus (fl. 1312–1345)
Se cuers/Rex beatus/Ave Anonymous (ca. 1310)
INTERMISSION
Amour
Veni de libano Plainchant (Song of Songs 4:8–9)
Amors me fait conmencier
Thibault de Champagne, King of Navarre (1201–1253)
Lai Royal (instrumental) Anonymous (13th c.)
Empereres ne rois n’ont nul pooir Thibault de Champagne
Of Courageous Kings
Quare fremuerunt Anonymous (Paraphrase of Psalm 2)
Miei sirventes vuolh far de.ls reis amdos (spoken) Bertran de Born
Seignor, sachiés qui or ne s’en ira Thibault de Champagne
To Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn, a letter (spoken)
Cantiga – Pero que seja a gente (instrumental)
Richard, King of England (1157–1199)
Adapted from King Alfonso el Sabio
To Richard, a letter (spoken) Salāh ad-Dīn (1138–1193)
Ja nus hons pris King Richard
Ar ne kuth ich sorghe non Anonymous (13th c.)
Here My Song Ends
Canticum David Domine clamavi Plainchant (Psalm 141)
Fortz chausa es Gaucelm Faidit (ca. 1150–ca. 1220)
Cantiga – Santa Maria loei
A Short Production History:
Supertitles: Caitlin Laird
Attributed to King Alfonso el Sabio
This program was commissioned of Anne Azéma and The Boston Camerata by the Reims Festival, to honor the 800th Anniversary of its cathedral. The last of a five-program cycle, it focuses on monarchs and their powers, to mirror a part of the cathedral’s architecture—The Kings’ Gallery. The 2025 Boston Early Music Festival presents the U.S. premiere of this program.