The Language of Song
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The Language of Song
FRACTIO MODI
St Brigid's Church
78 Musgrave Road
RED HILL
Saturday 6 June, 7.00 pm
APPROX DURATION: 1hr30min (incl inverval)
FRACTIO MODI . . .
Madeline Gibbs soprano
Anne Levitsky soprano/hurdy gurdy
Philip Griffin baritone/oud/lute
Aaron Brown rebec
Tunji Beier hand percussion
. . . with guest, Dan Curro cello
Song was special to medieval musicians, audiences & intellectuals. Music theorists in the medieval West believed the human voice was the only instrument created by God, while composers of secular love lyrics described themselves as 'writing and speaking in song' when they composed in vernacular languages. This program explores the wide range of medieval vocal music - including the chants of Hildegard, the lyric songs of Marchaut and the troubadours, early opera and sacred & secular polyphony alike. Program highlights will include . . .
Hildegard von Bingen Laus Trinitati
Las Huelgas Codex Fa, fa, ut/Ut, re, mi
Cantigas de Santa Maria Par Deus, muit' a gran vertude
Marc-Antoine Charpentier Troisième Leçon de Ténèbres du Mercredi Saint,
Guiraut de Bornelh Reis glorios
Francesco Landini Ecco la primavera
John Dowland I saw my Lady weep
Claudio Monteverdi Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti
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