Cappella Pratensis

For almost forty years, Cappella Pratensis has been renowned for its innovative approach to the performance of Renaissance polyphonic music,
being one of only a handful of professional ensembles in the world who perform directly from historical notation, as opposed to transcriptions in the
form of a modern choral score. In recent years, the ensemble has dived further into the musical traditions surrounding this repertoire by exploring
historical methods of improvisation and pedagogies, as well as working within the contexts of liturgical reconstruction. The result is an inherently
immersive approach, in which the performers draw on a truly embodied relationship with past musical cultures in order to provide convincing and
engaging performances.
In addition to regular appearances at concert venues in the Netherlands and Belgium, Cappella Pratensis has performed at leading international
festivals and concert series throughout Europe, North America, South America, and Japan, including the Boston, Berkeley, Utrecht, and York Early
Music Festivals. The ensemble’s recordings have met with critical acclaim and distinctions from the press, including the Diapason d’Or, the Prix
Choc and, for the last three CDs, three consecutive Gramophone Editor’s Choice mentions. Gramophone magazine recognised the ensemble’s
recording of the Ockeghem Requiem as the best out of more than twenty recordings made over the last forty years. In 2022, Cappella Pratensis won
the prestigious REMA-EEMN Heritage Project of the Year Award with the CD recording Apostola apostolorum. The ensemble’s 2023 recording of
Obrecht’s Missa Maria zart won the Premio Abbiati della critica musicale, was awarded with a Disco Excepcional by the Spanish music
magazine Scherzo, and was rated five stars by the Spanish magazine Ritmo.