Masterpiece week Dufay
Missa l'homme armé
- Beersel-born Willemet Du Fayt – better known in France and Great Britain as ‘Guillaume Dufay’ or ‘Du Fay’ – was the leading composer of his day
- his chanson L’homme armé was one of the most recognisable melodies of the European Renaissance. For some dozen composers – the first one perhaps Dufay himself – it offered the ideal theme for a Mass
- L’homme armé – the armed man – was painfully topical, because in 1453, the year the Missa was composed, the Ottoman army captured Constantinople
- an unknown copyist included the famous Missa L’homme armé in the original Bruges Lucca Choirbook
- the Van Eyck portrait above may be of Dufay
Programme
Vijf topstukken uit de muziekgeschiedenis
Vijf meesterwerken die je minstens één keer in je leven live zou moeten horen en zien. Beleef het zelf tijdens de topstukweken in Concertgebouw Brugge, met nieuwe concertformats, workshops, verdieping, meet & greets, unieke locaties en heel wat topconcerten. Ontdek het programma en verhaal achter de meesterwerken, met tal van beeld- en luisterfragmenten!