For our next recording project, we are collaborating with Dr Daniel Trocmé-Latter (University of Cambridge) to bring to life a mysterious motet anthology from the late 1530s.

Daniel Trocmé-Latter's research has shed light on a collection sacred music that was assembled by the Milanese composer Hermann Matthias Werrecore and sent to the publisher Protestant Peter Schoeffer in Strasbourg where it was printed in a set of five partbooks (see image on the right). 

The repertoire in these partbooks therefore only crossed the Alps, but became cross-confessional, travelling from staunchly Catholic Milan to newly Protestant Strasbourg. This invites the question: what was the purpose of publishing a motet book in a German imperial city where Latin choral singing no longer took place? 

Our recording will showcase works from this puzzling volume, which includes motets by well-known composers Nicolas Gombert, Jacquet of Mantua, Jacques Arcadelt and Adrian Willaert, but also presents some little-known names such as Simon Ferrariensis and the enigmatic Johannes Sarton. 

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We want to get this music and the fascinating story behind it the recognition it deserves. To help us make this happen, we need your help. Below are a list of possible contributions you could make to the project, and ways we will have of saying thank you!