Ensemble Antiphona, Rolandas Muleika
Marlène Desauvage, Dessus
Clémence Garcia, Dessus
Eva Tamisier, Dessus
François-Nicolas Geslot, Haute-contre
Raphaël Marbaud, Basse
Bernard-Aymable Dupuy, motet Nisi quia Dominus
Louis Antoine Lefebure, petit motet Afferte Domino
Anonyme, motet Cantate Domino
Jean-Joseph Mouret, petit motet Benedictus Dominus
Joseph Laguna, motet Domine Dominus
Anonyme, motet Miserere mei Deus
The Villefranche de Rouergue’s ‘Pénitents Noirs’ (Black Penitents) treasure is also a ‘musical treasure’. It includes a ne collection of handwritten scores along with musical instruments – among which a remarkable serpent – which testify to the pomp of the great ceremonies and processions throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Long silenced but now restored thanks to the work of Jean-Christophe Maillard, the late Toulouse musicologist, and of the conductor Rolandas Muleika, the chosen motets have been given a new life.