SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2009, 8pm, Canongate Kirk (note time and venue)

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Binchois Consort - Obrecht and the Company of Saints

The Binchois Consort is a world leader in performing late Medieval and Renaissance vocal polyphony, with a series of recordings which have received the highest accolades and awards (including Gramophone's Early Music Recording of the Year in 1999). Their programme is centred on the extraordinary but little-known Mass for Saints Peter and Paul by the Flemish composer Jacob Obrecht, a contemporary of Josquin des Prez. They will also perform masterpieces of remarkable power and beauty by Agricola, Compère, Mouton and Willaert, climaxing in Heinrich Isaac's resplendent and joyous setting of the Regina coeli.

This is music of spellbinding beauty, and Andrew Kirkman's team delivers it superbly - The Times