The Early Music Show - The Great Schism

Catherine Bott explores the music of the Great Schism of Western Christianity, which divided the Catholic Church between 1378 and 1417. By its end, three men simultaneously claimed to be the true Pope. Playlist: Anon: Pictagor per dogmatae/O terra Sancta/Rosa Vernans (addressed to Gregory XI - transfer the Holy See to Rome...) Orlando Consort METRONOME METCD1008, Tr 2 De Vitry: Petre Clemens, tam re quam nimine/Lugentium siccentur occuli plaundant sense (written for Clement VI) Sequentia DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI RD77095, Tr 13 Phillipus da Caserta (composer who served under Clement VII in Avignon): En remirant (written for Clement VII) New London Consort Philip Pickett (conductor) LINN CKD039, Tr 10 Segue to: Phillipus da Caserta: Par les bons Gedeon Orlando Consort METRONOME METCD1008, Tr 5 (Ars Subtilior) Goschalch: En nul estate PAN NEW ALBION NA021CD, Tr 6 Segue to: (Trecento) Antonio Zachara de Teramo: Ciaramella Les Haulz et Les Bas CHRISTOPHORUS CHR77194, Tr 11 Pisa music - Cicionia: O Petre Christi discupule (probably written to honour the new Pope) Orlando Consort METRONOME METCD1008, Tr 6 Anon: Degentis Vita (denounces Simony - practice of selling ecclesiastical positions to highest bidder) Gothic Voices Christopher Page (conductor) HYPERION CDA66463, Tr 10 Segue to: Richard de Loqueville: Sanctus (Used in a chant mass sung at Cambrai to pray for the end of the Schism) Syntagma Musicum Kees Otten (conductor) TELEFUNKEN 6.35257/A, Side 1 Band 8 Ciconia: Gloria Suscipe Trinitas Orlando Consort METRONOME METCD1008, Tr 9.