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This week's show honors the election of the first American pope: Leo XIV. It features music associated with one of his predecessors who also took the name Leo: Pope Leo X, who was born Giovanni de Medici. We'll hear works by Heinrich Isaac, Jacob Obrecht, Johannes de Fage, and Jean Mouton, performed by Hesperion XXI and Capella Pratensis. 

  • Heinrich Isaac    Fanfare for the Medici: Palle, palle    Hesperion XXI
  • Heinrich Isaac    La Morra    Hesperion XXI
  • Heinrich Isaac    Hora e di maggio    Hesperion XXI
  • Andreas de Silva    Gaude felix Florentia    Cappella Pratensis 
  • Johannes de la Fage    Videns dominus civitatem desolatem    Cappella Pratensis 
  • Adrian Willaert    Virgo gloriosa Christi, Margareta    Cappella Pratensis 
  • Jean Mouton    Per lignum salvi    Cappella Pratensis 
  • Jean Mouton    Nesciens Mater virgo virum    Cappella Pratensis 
  • Josquin des Prez    Nymphes des Bois    Cappella Pratensis 
  • Costanzo Festa    Inviolata, integra et casta es    Cappella Pratensis 
  • Jacob Obrecht    Missa Sicut spina rosam (selections)    ANS Chorus
  • Pope Leo X    Cela sans plus    La Morra
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