The critically acclaimed Brabant Ensemblespecialises in the performance of European sacredmusic of the mid-1500s, a period often overlookedyet rich in powerful masterworks.

This programmejuxtaposes the music of Cipiano de Rore andJacquet Colebault with motets by their illustriousyounger contemporary, Orlande de Lassus. At itscentre is Jacquet’s Missa Surge Petre, his onlysetting in six parts, written for the patron of MantuaCathedral, St Peter.