CONTINUUM: Ensemble Gilles Binchois

By Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Published September 3, 2017 at 6:00 AM CDT

Continuum presents a program of early music performed by the 38 year old Ensemble Gilles Binchois, named after the Netherlandish composer who was one of the earliest members of the Burgundian school and one of the three most famous composers of the early 15th century. The French ensemble was founded in 1979 by Dominique Vellard. A quite varied program will be heard including the famous Mass of Notre Dame by Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377), the first mass composed by a known composer. Recordings used are: Perotin & l’Ecole de Notre Dame - Ambroisie AMB9947, Fontaine de Grace - Veritas 7243 5 45066 2 8, Messe de Notre Dame de Guillaume de Machaut - Harmonic Records H/CD 8931, and Les Escholiers de Paris - Harmonic Records H/CD 9245.

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Milton G. Scheuermann Jr.

Milton has been the co-host (with Thais St. Julien) of Continuum since 1976. He is a true New Orleanean, born on Mardi Gras day, attending P. A. Capdau Grammar School and Warren Easton High School. After completing the five year program of the Tulane School of Architecture in 1956 he was drafted into the Army. After a two year stint in the combat engineers in Germany he returned to New Orleans to work with the architectural firm of Goldstein, Parham & Labouisse, becoming an associate in the firm of Parham & Labouisse after Mr. Goldstein’s death. He was appointed University Architect for Dillard University in 1972 and retired from that position in 2002.

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