Adiu

Plus belle que flor/Quant revient/L'autrier joer/Flos filius eius. Beautiful motet from the Montpellier codex 26V. Performed by Super Librum  13-04-90, Lutherse Kerk, Groningen NL. Performers: Susanne Norin (Stockholm) - alto, Brigitte Lesne (Paris) - mezzo, harp, Per Mattson (Ystad) - fiddle, Ronald Moelker (Groningen) - recorder, Jankees Braaksma (Groningen) - recorder

Plus belle que flor

Estampie by Jankees Braaksma after the song 'Be m'an perdut' by Bernart de Ventadorn, ca. 1120-1195. Performed in 2014 by Jankees Braaksma and Tomas Flegr

Bernart de Ventadorn (arr. Jankees Braaksma) - Estampida perduda

'Salutiam divotamente' from Cortona (Biblioteca Communale 91, ca. 1290). Instrumental arrangement by Jankees Braaksma. 
Performed by SUPER LIBRUM - Veli Markus Tapio (fiddle), Margit Schultheiss (harp), María Cristina Kiehr (sinfonia) and Jankees Braaksma (recorder)

Salutiam Divotamente (Cortona)  Instrumental

Another beautiful combination: improvisation by Vahe Hovanesian (Shvi) and Jankees Braaksma (Medieval organ). Recorded by Jaap Zijp (2005) in the 12th church of Marsum (near Appingedam, NL)

Improvisation Vahe Hovanesian

This arrangement I composed in 1985 for two recorders, two viola da gamba, cello, and basso continuo.
Musicians: Jankees Braaksma and Ronald Moelker (recorder), Mieneke van der Velden and Johannes Boer (gamba), Wilma van der Wardt (cello), Vincent van Laar (harpsichord), Peter Rikkers (violone).

Vivaldi Concerto - 1 Allegro - J.S. Bach BWV 593 and  A. Vivaldi RV 522

A beautiful combination: duduk and medieval organ. Recorded by Jaap Zijp in the 12th church of Marsum (near Appingedam, NL), improvised by Vahe Hovanesian and Jankees Braaksma.

Improvisation with duduk and organ

Engels Nachtegaaltje - Jacob van Eyck, uitgevoerd door Jankees Braaksma op een reconstructie van een Rosenborg blokfluit (gebouwd door Sverre Kolberg, Noorwegen).
Opname in het Premonstratenzer klooster in Slany, Tsjechië, 17 September 2014.

Jacob van Eyck - Engels Nachtegaeltje

Jankees Braaksma (recorder) and Tomas Flegr (organ), Convent of Slany, Tsjech Republic, september 2014

Vestiva i colli - Palestrina/Bassano

Jankees Braaksma (tenor recorder by Ella Siekman) and Tomas Flegr (historical organ in Slany). Live recording 2014 in the convent of Slany, Tsjech Republic

La Suave Melodia, sua corrente - Andrea Falconieri

From the CD: Renaissance in Florence - Francesco Landini and contemporaries by Super Librum (1992. Jankees Braaksma, Ronald Moelker - recorder, Per Mattsson - fiddle

Jacopo da Bologna : Nel mio parlar

Performed on the CD 'Rosas' By Super Librum http://superlibrum.nl/ :Marian van der Heide (soprano) and Jankees Braaksma medieval organ (built by Winold van der Putten after the Rutland Psalter and the Theophilus tract)

Text: 

ESTA É DE LOOR DE SANTA MARIA, COM' É DE FREMOSA ET BÕA, E Á GRAN PODER"


Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores, Dona das donas, Sennor das sennores.

Rosa de beldad e de pareçer,
e fror d'alegria et de prazer,
Dona en mui piadosa seer,
Sennor en toller coitas et doores.
Rosa das rosas ...

Atal Sennor dev' ome muit' amar,
que de todo mal o pode guardar;
e pode-ll' os pecados perdõar,
que faz no mundo par maos sabores.
Rosa das rosas ...

Devemo-la muit' amar et servir,
ca punna de nos guardar de falir;
des í dos erros nos faz repentir
que nos façemos come pecadores.
Rosa das rosas ...

Esta dona que de tenno por Sennor
e de que quero seer trobador,
se eu per ren poss' aver seu amor,
dou ao demo os outros amores.
Rosa das rosas ...

Rosas

Anonym - Rosas das rosas e Fror das frores

Vox Resonans - Muziek rond Rudolph Agricola (1443-1485), de eerste Nederlandse humanist

Super Librum 

Marian van der Heide – sopraan
Sander de Jong – tenor
Sarah Walder – vedel
Rene Genis – luit
Tomas Flegr – carillon en portatief
Catalina Vicens – orgel, portatief, slagwerk
Jankees Braaksma – blokfluit, portatief en artistieke leiding

Winold van der Putten – calcant

Je suis trop jeunette – Raulin / Rudolph Agricola (instrumentaal) Florence, BNZ Magl. XIX 176

Instrumental chanson composed by Rudolph Agricola (1444-1484). On the CD 'Klinkende Klei, Super Librum. 
Performers: Jankees Braaksma - recorder, Wim Diepenhorst on a reconstruction of a late medieval organ, made in 2010 by the organbuilder Winold van der Putten.
Order via: http://www.superlibrum.nl/index.php/klinkende-klei

Vrucht En Moet Ic - Segovia Codex - Super Librum

New 'medieval' music composed by Jankees Braaksma on a text from the Hunsingo Codex (1252). On the CD 'Klinkende Klei, Super Librum.
Order via: http://www.superlibrum.nl/index.php/klinkende-klei
Musicians: Marian van der Heide & Paul Gerhardt Adam - singers
Ireen Thomas - lute, Jonathan Talbott - fiddle, Jankees Braaksma - medieval organ and recorder

Thit Sce Therna To Ener Stunde - Fragment from: 'Fon Alra Fresena Fridome'

Asperance - Universiteitsbibliotheek Groningen (Incunabulum 70) Instrumental version of 'Esperance qui en mon coeur' - MS Gent, end 14th c.  Performer: Tomas Flegr on a late medieval organ, made in 2010 by the organbuilder Winold van der Putten.
On the CD 'Klinkende Klei, Super Librum 2013-2017
Order via: www.superlibrum.nl/index.php/klinkende-klei
Facsimile: http://www.superlibrum.nl/index.php/media-hoofdmenu/muziek-uit-groningen-submenu

Asperance

De tous biens playne. Lute composition by Roelkin(Rudolph Agricola) in the 15th-c. Cancionero de Segovia.
Performed by Rene Genis (lute)and Sarah Walder (fiddle)
On the CD 'Klinkende Klei, Super Librum 2013-2017
Order via: www.superlibrum.nl/index.php/klinkende-klei
Facsimile: www.superlibrum.nl/index.php/media…oningen-submenu

De Tous Biens Playne

Wol Up Ghesellen Yst An Der Tyet (new year song) from the Winsum Organ tabulature 1431
Performed by Jankees Braaksma - recorder, Armin Janda - lute, Paul Gerhardt Adam - fiddle
From the CD 'Klinkende Klei' by Super Librum 
www.superlibrum.nl/index.php/klinkende-klei

Wol Up Ghesellen Yst An Der Tyet

Frysicum (basse danse)from the Winsum Organ tabulature 1431
Performed by Wim Diepenhorst on a reconstruction of a 15th c. organ by Winold van der Putten
From the CD 'Klinkende Klei' by Super Librum 
www.superlibrum.nl/index.php/klinkende-klei
About this fantastic organ see also: http://www.davidrumsey.ch/Gothicorgan_TAOJan2011.pdf

Frysicum

Surrexit Christus hodie - Driestemmig paasliedje. Processionale uit de Martinikerk te Groningen, BN Parijs, Res 1522, eind 16e eeuw
Uitvoerenden: Marian van der Heide, Nancy Mayer, Rebecca Bain
CD 'Klinkende Klei'  
www.superlibrum.nl/index.php/klinkende-klei

Klinkende Klei

Surrexit Christus Hodie

3. Ballade 'De toutes flours' - Guillaume de Machaut 1300-1377 [5:32]  
From the first Super Librum CD 'Intabulation and improvisation in the 14th century'. Lena Susanne Norin - alto, Jankees Braaksma - organetto, Ronald Moelker - recorder. Details of the recording: http://www.sonusantiqva.org/i/S/SuperLibrum/1988IntabulationXIV.html

De Toutes Flours

Be m'an perdut lai enves - Bernart de Ventadorn 1120-1195.
Sung by the mezzo Consuelo Sanudo, with Jankees Braaksma- organetto, Ronald Moelker - recorder
From the Super Librum CD 'Troubadour and jongleur' 1991

Be M'an Perdut Lai Enves

Catalina Vicens playing her new Quirico organ reconstruction In the Oude Kerk at Zoetermeer NL, 20-12-2018
Reconstruction made by Orgelmakerij van der Putten (Ingrid Noack and Winold van der Putten)
Recording by Ronald de Jong

Amor quando fioriva la mia speme - Bartolomeo Tromboncino (ca. 1470-1535)

Instrumental version of Cantiga 139. 
Performers: Jankees Braaksma (recorder), Veli-Markus Tapio (fiddle), Armin Janda (lute). Concert recording 2001, Der Aakerk, Groningen, The Netherlands

Maravillos e piadosos CSM 139

Improvisation in the phrygic mode by Jankees Braaksma.
Medieval 'Rutland organ' made by Winold van der Putten, 1999
The organ is now in the 12th c. church of Marsum, near Appingedam (NL).
Track from the CD(now sold out): ROSAS, medieval organ improvisations and Marian songs, by Super Librum (NL). www.superlibrum.nl

Phrygic Improvisation on medieval organ

Cantiga de Santa Maria nr. 10, sung by Marian van der Heide
Medieval 'Rutland organ' made by Winold van der Putten, 1999
The organ is now in the 12th c. church of Marsum, near Appingedam (NL).
Track from the CD(now sold out): ROSAS, medieval organ improvisations and Marian songs, by Super Librum (NL). www.superlibrum.nl

Cantiga De Santa Maria 10 - Rosa das rosas e fror das frores

Jankees Braaksma- organetto, Ronald Moelker - recorder
From the Super Librum CD 'Troubadour and jongleur' 1991
Composition by Jankees Braaksma
Recorded juli 1991, in the gothic church of Garnwerd, the Netherlands

Dança

Laude for St. Mary (Cortona Ms, ca. 1290) followed by an instrumental improvisation
Recorded by KRO Radio 24-04-97 in the Der Aa Kerk, Groningen (Netherlands)
Performed by Maria Cristina Kiehr, with Ensemble Super Librum: Margit Schultheiß - harp, Veli Markus Tapio - fiddle, Jankees Braaksma  - recorder

Ave Regina Gloriosa

O Maria d'omelia se'fontana (Cortona)

2. Adesto Sancta Trinitas   [2:22]   Robertsbridge Codex 
From the first Super Librum CD 'Intabulation and improvisation in the 14th century'. Lena Susanne Norin - alto, Jankees Braaksma - organetto, Ronald Moelker - recorder. Details of the recording: http://www.sonusantiqva.org/i/S/SuperLibrum/1988IntabulationXIV.html

Adesto Sancta Trinitas (Robertsbridge Codex)

5. Istanpitta   [6:35]  From the first Super Librum CD 'Intabulation and improvisation in the 14th century'. Lena Susanne Norin - alto, Jankees Braaksma - organetto, Ronald Moelker - recorder. Details of the recording: www.sonusantiqva.org/i/S/SuperLibru…lationXIV.html Composition: Jankees Braaksma

Istanpitta (Ensemble Super Librum)

Que ti çova nasconder (Rossi Vatican Codex 215)
From the first Super Librum CD 'Intabulation and improvisation in the 14th century'. Lena Susanne Norin - alto, Jankees Braaksma and Ronald Moelker - recorder. Details of the recording: www.sonusantiqva.org/i/S/SuperLibru…lationXIV.html

Que ti çova nasconder (Rossi Vatican Codex 215)

Missa breve -  Codex Faenza: 14. Christe eleison [1:13], 15. Glorificamus te [1:20], 16. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris [0:44], 17. Amen [0:47], 18. Amen   [1:41]  Ensemble Super Librum
From the first Super Librum CD 'Intabulation and improvisation in the 14th century'. Lena Susanne Norin - alto, Jankees Braaksma - organetto, Ronald Moelker - recorder. More about the recording: https://superlibrum.nl/index.php/en/media-hoofdmenu/cd-s-submenu

Missa Breve - Codex Faenza, Ca. 1410

Estampie by Jankees Braaksma
Tomas Flegr - carillon, Jonathan Talbott - rebec, Jankees Braaksma - recorder

Estampie - Jankees Braaksma

Super Librum in the Orgelpark - Amsterdam - 2013
Marian van der Heide - soprano
Andrew Hallock - alto
Christopher Kale - tenor
Kees Jan de Koning - bass
Tomas Flegr - organ
Rene Genis - plectrum lute
Sarah Walder - fiddle
Elisabeth Rumsey – bass gamba
Jankees Braaksma - portative, director

Par Droit Je Puis Bien Complaindre Et Gemir - Guillaume Dufay, 1397 – 1474

Jankees Braaksma (recorder) and Carel Emmerink (renaissance lute) Improvising 'in authentic style' is one of the challenges both musicians try to come as close as possible to an unwritten tradition. They studied the various examples of this tradition of the late 15th - early 17th century: the Passamezzo Antico, Passamezzo Moderno, Romanesco, Saltarello and the Conde Claros. Most of the original variations are based on the same fixed harmonic progression. Composers/collectors we may recognize here are: Dalza, Neusiedler, Attaingnant, Francesco da Milano, Luys de Narvaez and Diego Ortiz. For later examples we looked at works by Scheidt, Le Roy, Valente, Byrd, and Sweelinck.

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