Marcel Pérès and the Ensemble Organum, presented by Da Camera.

Da Camera of Houston presents the world-renowned medieval music scholar and singer Marcel Pérès and his Ensemble Organum in a rare United States appearance and their Houston debut. This ancient music ensemble will sing one of the greatest religious compositions of all time, Guillaume de Machaut’s 14th-century Messe de Notre Dame, the first mass to be attributed to a single composer. The Rothko Chapel is hosting the second of two performances in Houston.

Ensemble Organum was founded in 1982 by Marcel Pérès at France’s Sénanque Abbey. The Ensemble develops programs inspired by musical scores and the aesthetics of chant which have been preserved through oral traditions, infusing new life into medieval and early music. The ensemble has studied and developed influential European repertoires since the sixth century, and their field of investigation highlights the existence of enduring medieval aesthetics in certain circles until the last decades of the 20th century.