Aventure - Ensemble for Medieval Music
Aventure - Ensemble for Medieval Music - gives a concert in the English Church at the Begijnhof in Amsterdam
Aventure - Ensemble for Medieval Music
Adventure
Christopher Kale – tenor
Marco Magalhães, Fumitaka Saito, Ita Hijmans – recorder
Sick, Insecure, Brittle
In the heart of the Gruuthuse Manuscript (c.1400) two laments are framed by three Marian songs. Hope, grief, comfort, acceptance and resignation resound in the language of the late Middle Ages. Mary, a rose full of heavenly dew, is the key. The laments sing of the mournful death of a beloved one and the fragility of our existence in a touching, personal manner. It is precisely that personal quality which evokes a timeless power: the Marian songs transcend the medieval rose garden. “Music” is the magic word, a universal force that gives us the courage to live our fragile lives. Virtuoso 15th-century instrumental arrangements form the medieval framework around the topicality of this timeless song cycle.
Programme:
Song cycle from the Gruuthuse Manuscript (c. 1400) and instrumental music from o.a. Manuscript Van Hulthem (1405-08); Rechterlijk Archief Helmond (c.1416); Locham Songbook (1452-60); Buxheim Organbook (c.1460) and arrangements.
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Aventure - Ensemble for Medieval Music
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