Petrus Hercules Brehy (1673-1737) - Missa pro Defunctis

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Composer: Petrus Hercules Brehy (1673-1737)
Work: Missa pro Defunctis | 4. voc et 3 instrum
Performers: CаntoLX; https://tinyurl.com/yc36hfrp
Ensemble de la Chapelle Saint Mаrc; https://tinyurl.com/2s3tnbrd
Frank Angstеribbе (conductor); https://tinyurl.com/59t8b634

Missa pro Defunctis
1. Requiem aeternam 0:00
2. Kyrie 5:16
3. Absolve 6:45
4. Dies Irae 9:39
5. Domine Jesu Christe 15:25
6. Sanctus 19:11
7. Agnus Dei 23:20
8. Lux Aeterna 25:48

Painting: Flemish school (17th Century) - Musikalische Gesellschaft
HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2szewpr
Engraving: Matthaeus Seutter (1678-1756) - Bruxeliæ belgii cathol. ornamentum et ducatus Brabantiæ metropolis
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Petrus Hercules (Pierre-Hercule) Brehy [Breÿ]
(Brussels, bap. 13 September 1673 - Brussels, 27 February 1737)

Flemish composer and organist. Very few details of his life are known. He received his musical education as a choirboy at a church in Brussels, likely the chapter of St-Michiels and St-Goedele. He was 13 years of age when he became organist of St Nicolas (1687), where he remained until at least March 1702. On 16 November 1705 he became 'zangmeester' of the collegiate church of St Michel and Ste Gudule, serving there exclusively until his death. As a composer he mainly wrote religious music and paid tribute to the French musical tradition. Mostly his vocal pieces for church have been preserved, at least 7 masses and many motets. Most of his surviving motets for solo voice are scored for two violins and continuo; several, however, are scored for an obbligato wind or string instrument, violin and continuo. Almost whole his production was written within 1699 to 1729 and most of them only survive in manuscript form.