Unicornis Captivatur (14th c.), Lieselot de Wilde & Catalina Vicens - Van Eyck organ / Turn HD on!

Lieselot de Wilde - voice and calcant Catalina Vicens - organ Instrument after Van Eyck’s ’Ghent Altarpiece’ organ (ca. 1432) by Winold van der Putten from the National Organ Museum (NL) UNICORNIS CAPTIVATUR The unicorn is taken captive, And presented to the king’s chamber From the snare of the hunters; The serpent is raised up from a rod, And the wounded is healed From the viper’s poison. Sing Alleluia! For the dying lamb Sing Alleluia! Shout Alleluia! For the conquering lion. Life returns to the wounded Pelican: and hose prostrate By wretched death for their sins; The light of the Phoenix is burned up, And consumed are the ancient Sins of the world Sing Alleluia! For the dying lamb Sing Alleluia! Shout Alleluia! For the conquering lion. The hydeus enters the crocodile, Robs him of his entrails, kills him, And thence living returns; For three days the lion slept, He whom the rearing King revived, Sing Alleluia! For the dying lamb Sing Alleluia! Shout Alleluia! For the conquering lion. Recorded in the Museum Vleeshuis Antwerp - Belgium, June 2019 With special thanks to: Timothy De Paepe and Eelco Elzenga Recorded and produced by Catalina Vicens