Nymphes des Bois – Josquin des Prez

A lament composed by Josquin des Prez on the occasion of the death of his predecessor Johannes Ockeghem in February 1497

Edward Wickham, Director of Music at St Catharine’s College, Oxford, says, “In my experience of programming medieval and Renaissance music with my group the Clerks, when we arrive at Josquin’s Lament there is an almost audible sigh of recognition from the audience, even from those who have never heard it. It sounds familiar and modern.”