The Alamire Foundation has created an innovative sound installation. The installation goes under the name GAUDE, referring to the processional hymn Gaude redempta on a text by Gilles Carlier and music by Guillaume Du Fay, which forms the basis of the installation. The sound installation makes it possible to hear how the echoing sounds of the monophonic plainchant gradually move through the space as if sung in a passing procession. Through the GAUDE installation, the Alamire Foundation is bringing late-medieval musical rituals to life in a virtual world. In order to create this innovative sound-artwork, the Alamire Foundation has drawn on research into Du Fay’s office and chants, carried out by musicologist and Senior Fellow at the Alamire Foundation, Barbara Haggh-Huglo.
The sound installation can be visited in the Saint Paul’s Church upon presentation of your ticket for one of the Laus Polyphoniae concerts. From Thursday, June 6th to Sunday, September 1st, every day from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Sound Installation made by the Alamire Foundation (Rudi Knoops, Stratton Bull, Bart Demuyt, Cappella Pratensis, a.o.) as part of the FWO/SBO project
The Sound of Music and the City Festival New Horizons | Dieric Bouts Festival in Leuven in collaboration with Erfgoedsite Abdij van Park.
Rudi Knoops, concept and artistic realization | Bart Demuyt, musical concept | Barbara Haggh-Huglo and Gilbert Huybens, musicological research | CONCEPT 10, Steven Kemland, Stijn Vermeiren, technical realization | Cappella Pratensis: Stratton Bull (artistic direction), Tim Braithwaite, Paul Kolb, Lior Leibovici, Grantley McDonald, Korneel Van Neste, performance | Peter Van den Borre, production | Manuel Mohino and Flavio Lanotti, recording direction | Recording: LUCA – Campus Lemmensinstituut, September 17, 2023