Fortuna & Fama: Josquin’s Missa Fortuna desperata & Dido’s lament

A program Blue Heron presented for the festival Laus Polyphoniae in Antwerp in 2021, on the themes of Fortune and Fama (rumour, reputation): Josquin’s sunny mass based on the song Fortuna desperata and a group of settings of Dido’s last words, Dulces exuvie, by Josquin, De Orto, Agricola and others.

BLUE HERON
Kim Leeds, Reginald Mobley, Sophie Michaux, cantus
Jason McStoots, Aaron Sheehan, Sumner Thompson, tenor
Paul Guttry, Steven Hrycelak, David McFerrin, bassus