NEW PROGRAM 2009
music of early Middleage
EPOS
Latin
songs, epic and convivial, at the time of Charlemagne (sec. IX - X)
The Carolingian age
marks an important moment in the history of medieval poetry and medieval music.
In a manuscript of the ninth century, from Aquitaine, have kept a number of compositions
related to historical facts of this dynasty, which represent an important
repertoire elegiac and epic of the first thousand. While seemingly small, the
number of songs collected here, represents an important "repertoire"
of the time, offering the knowledge of the epic tradition and convivial, where strong
are the reminiscences with classical latin tradition: Ovid, Boethius and
Virgil. Just about the latter, the discovery of music fragments from Aeneis are
a precious documents that testifies to the practice (early Middle Ages) to sing
the verses of this monumental poem.
In this concert
are then collected precious relics of an age musically little explored and
almost never performed in modern times. The agreement we are proposing is an
opportunity to listen profane medieval repertory oldest, came to us and its
poetic charm and sound. Even in choosing organological were reconstructed
instruments of their time, mentioned in part in the song “Iam dulcis amica venito”:
tibia (flute), the cithara and lyra (zither), the fidula (bow string
instrument), in addition the psalterio (dulcimer) and percussion.
Ensemble Cantilena Antiqua – dir. Stefano Albarello
Stefano Albarello: singer, lyra, cythara, “lembum”
Paolo Faldi: tibiae
Gianfanco Russo: fidulae
Marco Muzzati: cymbala, psalterium,
tintinnabulum
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