Ensemble Scholastica is Canada’s only female vocal ensemble specializing in the performance of medieval plainchant and polyphony from the 9th to the 14th centuries.A musical heritage dating back nearly a thousand years. Pascale Duhamel (narrator) / Catherine Herrmann (organetto) / Ensemble Scholastica

Saints inouïs offers a unique exploration of medieval sacred music from the Creuse (France), a musical heritage dating back nearly a thousand years. These distinctive songs were composed and sung for liturgies in honor of Saint Pardoux, Saint Yrieix, and the Conception of the Virgin.The service for St. Yrieix is likely the oldest of those presented on this recording: the modal formulas and ranges are typical of the Gregorian repertoire of the great manuscripts of the 10th and 11th centuries. The services for St. Pardulf and the Conception of the Virgin likely date from the 12th century,

• 1. Feast of the Conception of the Virgin - Salve Virginale. Tu
• 2. Feast of the Conception of the Virgin - Alme Virginis Marie
• 3. Feast of the Conception of the Virgin - Priusquam In Utero.
• 4. Feast of the Conception of the Virgin - Egredietur Virga Ps.
• 5. Feast of the Conception of the Virgin - Iesse Virga Celi Sca
• 6. Feast of the Conception of the Virgin - Beatus Venter. Exult
• 7. Office For St. Pardulf - First Reading From the Life of St.
• 8. Office For St. Pardulf - Regem Humilium Ps. Venite, Exultemu
• 9. Office For St. Pardulf - Organ Improvisation On Regem Humili
• 10. Office For St. Pardulf - Pardulphus Largus. Ut Ieiunavit
• 11. Office For St. Pardulf - Ut Quoque Te Miris Ps. Beatus Vir
• 12. Office For St. Pardulf - Cossessa Ut Opes. Ductorem Que Greg
• 13. Office For St. Pardulf - Second Reading From the Life of St.
• 14. Office For St. Pardulf - Arnulphus Sprevit Ps. Dixit Insipie
• 15. Office For St. Pardulf - Organ Improvisation On Arnulphus Sp
• 16. Office For St. Yrieix - In Fide Recta Ps. Cum Invocarem
• 17. Office For St. Yrieix - Catholica Religione. a Christo Quoqu
• 18. Office For St. Yrieix - Traditui a Parentibus Ps. Verba Mea
• 19. Office For St. Yrieix - Organ Improvisation On Traditui Apar