Authentic Renaissance sounds [hanse] Pfeyfferey (WoNDeRFeeL 2025) | Vrije Geluiden

The [hanse]Pfeyfferey: their aim is to create an authentic and refined Renaissance sound — as it once echoed from high church towers and enlivened grand processions and festivities.

00:00 Tant fort - Phillippe Basiron (1450-1491)
01:16 De tous biens playne - Hayne van Ghizeghem (1455-1497) arr. Laura Dümpelmann
02:41 Au travail suis - Loyset Compère (1440-1518)
03:58 Nr. 6 - from: Ettlicher teutscher und polnischer Tentz (Wroclaw, 1555)
04:37 Belle sur toutes / Tota pulchra es - Alexander Agricola (1546/56-1506)
06:03 Joye me fuit - Antoine Busnoys (1435-before 1492)
07:42 Nr. 93 - Hayne van Ghizeghem (1445-1472)
09:00 Seul a par moy - Antoine Busnoys (1435-before 1492)
10:42 Amoroso - Giovanni Ambrosio (1474), improvisation
12:01 Al vol - from: PL Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Ms 40098

Lili Pätzold: cornetto
Laura Dümpelmann: shawm/bombarde,
Alexandra Mikheeva: slide trumpet/trombone.

The [hanse]Pfeyfferey has a unique specialization: improvised and rediscovered music from around the year 1500.
Since 2020, the ensemble has been active in and around Bremen and Magdeburg.

The set they recorded for our session is a shortened version of their program “Stadtpfeiferinnen – Serenade for Isabella.”
Serenade for Isabella delves into the Casanatense songbook, a wedding gift for Isabella d’Este.
This book was not only a wedding present but also served as a songbook for the Piffari.
The Piffari were Italian players of loud wind instruments, comparable to the Stadtpfeifer from the German-speaking regions.
Not only Flemish singers such as Guillaume Du Fay and Josquin des Prés found their way to the Italian courts —
many wind players from southern Germany were also brought to Italy for their exceptional craftsmanship.
These exchanges left behind a wealth of secular music — a repertoire that spread far beyond regional borders.T

Editors: Melchior Huurdeman, Anne-Maartje Lemereis
Camera & lighting: Ramon de Boer, Marijn Zurburg, Carlo Roskam
Sound: Rens van Waterschoot, Joachim Grovelijk, Marc Broer
Producers: Olivier Schuringa, Nanouk Wouters
Editor in Chief: Sakti Khedoe
Director/editing: Reinier Bruijne

This video was recorded at Kasteel Groeneveld, Baarn/Wonderfeel 2025 for VPRO Vrije Geluiden: music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO   / vrijegeluiden     / vrijegeluiden