Saturday 27 August 2022 | 20:00 |
Tapissier, Johannes (1370-1410) | Eya dulcis / Vale placens | |
da Perugia, Matteo | Près du soloil | |
Ciconia, Johannes (1370-1412) | Ut per omnes celitus | |
da Perugia, Matteo | Helas avril | |
Cascia, Giovanni da (d. 1350) | Quand’amor | |
da Perugia, Matteo | Dame de honeur | |
Anonymous | Estampie | |
Anonymous | Libera me (arr. Anna Danilevskaia) | |
Landini, Francesco (1325-1397) | Creata fusti o vergine Maria, cantasi come Questa fanciulla | |
Anonymous | Magdalena degna da laudare | |
Anonymous | Kyrie ‘Rondello’ | |
Bornelh, Giraut de (1140-1200) | No puesc sofrir cala dolor | |
da Firenze, Paolo (ca. 1355-after 1436) | Perche vendetta | |
da Perugia, Niccolò (1300-1400) | Nel meço già del mar | |
Anonymous | Benedicamus | |
Landini, Francesco (1325-1397) | Chosi pensoso | |
da Rimini, Vincenzo | In forma quasi | |
de Moulins, Pierre | Amis tous dous/Molendinium de Paris |
Sollazzo Ensemble | |
Anna Danilevskaia | Director |
Like the canopy under which we rest every night, the expressive power of music connects generations and centuries. With this in mind the young Sollazzo Ensemble presents a monumental fresco in which past and present meet. The starting point of this scenically conceived concert is a panorama of medieval frescoes and paintings in which biblical protagonists are joined by angels playing music. These angels accompany the scenes with imaginary heavenly music.
Vielle specialist Anna Danilevskaia’s celebrated ensemble brings this iconography to life: each part of the concert presents a medieval image, which is first expressed as a tableau vivant and then portrayed by means of ballads and liturgical chants by Francesco Landini, Matteo da Perugia and Johannes Ciconia.