The invitatory "Christus natus est nobis", for four voices, by Estêvão Lopes Morago (c.1575-c,1630). Performed by Cappela Angrensis, dir. Luís Henriques.

Polyphony in Angra Cathedral

Christus natus est nobis

Estêvão Lopes Morago ❧ Christus natus est nobis

First Responsory, for 4 voices, for Matins in Maundy Thursday by Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650).
Concert at Igreja Matriz de Santa Cruz, Praia da Vitória, 3 February 2013.
Ensemble da Sé de Angra: Carolina Barbosa (superius), Ana Sousa (altus), Luís Henriques (tenor), Jorge Barbosa (bassus).
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Manuel Cardoso • In Monte Oliveti

The motet "Adjuva nos Deus", for four voices, by Mateus d'Aranda (c.1595-1548). Performed by Cappella Angrensis, dir. Luís Henriques.

Adjuva nos Deus

Mateus d'Aranda ❧ Adjuva nos Deus

Niño Dios de amor herido

The motet "Pueri Hebraeorum vestimenta", for four voices, by Simão dos Anjos (fl.1560-1605). Performed by Ensemble Eborensis, dir. Luís Henriques.

Polyphony from Évora - 16th & 17th Centuries

Pueri Hebraeorum vestimenta

Simão dos Anjos ❧ Pueri Hebraeorum vestimenta

The pro defunctis setting of "Jesu Redemptor, for five voices, by Estêvão Lopes Morago (c.1575-c.1630). Performed by Ensemble Eborensis, dir. Luís Henriques.

Jesu Redemptor [a 5]

Estêvão Lopes Morago ❧ Jesu Redemptor [a 5]

Responsory "In monte Oliveti", for four voices, by Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650). Performed by Ensemble Eborensis, dir. Luís Henriques.

In monte Oliveti

Manuel Cardoso ❧ In monte Oliveti

Hymn attributed to Estêvão de Brito (c.1575-1641).

Estêvão de Brito - Stabat Mater

Recorded at Espaço Salgado (Queluz), 25 May 2013.
Ensemble Mensurable: Raquel Gama (superius), Sandra Chorão (altus), Luís Henriques (tenor), João Almeida (bassus)

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Duarte Lobo - Missa Sancta Maria (excerpt from Credo)

Jesu redemptor by Filipe de Magalhães (c.1571-1652), published in "Cantum Ecclesiasticum" (Lisbon, 1691).

Jesu redemptor suscipe illam.
Animam ejus in paradiso.
Amen.

Ensemble Eborensis: Ana Lúcia Carvalho (superius), Ana Lopes (altus), Luís Henriques (tenor), João Ferreira (bassus)

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Filipe de Magalhães • Jesu Redemptor a 4

Luís Henriques is a musicologist currently at the University of Évora, collaborator of CESEM, MPMP and ACROARTE. He was a scholarship holder in the project ORFEUS and is a researcher at the project PASEV. He founded Ensemble da Sé de Angra and Ensemble Eborensis, recorded a CD with performances in Portugal, Azores and France. His research interests centre in the 16th and 17th-centuries Portuguese sacred vocal polyphony in Alentejo and music in the Azores archipelago.

Luís Henriques

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