With this new release from the DUX label, the JERYCHO ensemble present Josquin des Pres' Missa Mater Matris. The ensemble began working on Josquin des Pres' mass edited by Krzysztof Borek shortly after its publication in the MECCA series (Musica in Ecclesia Cathedrali Cracoviensi Audita) in 2016.

Here JERYCHO ensemble explore both Borek's edited edition alongside historically informed replications of the original manuscripts. This is a testimony to the long tradition of performing Josquin's polyphony in Cracow.

In the summer of 2017, we invited Jan Janovcik to co-operate (a graduate of the Muziek at Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Tilburg and the founder of the ensemble Cantores Sancti Gregorii), under whose direction we prepared this mass from the original records. The effect was interesting, but other activities of the ensemble did not allow us to complete this project at that time. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Josquin's death, we decided to return to this work. The premiere of this programme under the name De consolatione polyphoniae took place on 27 August 2021, that is on the 500th anniversary of the composer's death, at the 'Piesn Naszych Korzeni' [The Song of Our Roots] Festival in Jaroslaw, which is close to our hearts.