Le Livre Vermeil de Montserrat La Camera delle Lacrime

• 1Le chant de la Sibylle07:03
• 2O Virgo splendens03:38
• 3Polorum regina05:13
• 4Cuncti simus concanentes05:47
• 5Imperayritz de la ciutat joyosa - Verges ses par03:43
• 6Stella splendens in monte06:52
• 7Los set goyts recomptarem07:03
• 8Mariam Matrem Virginem04:00
• 9Rosa plasent03:32
• 10Laudemus Virginem - Splendens ceptigera02:26
• 11Ad mortem festinamus05:56
• 12Els segadors05:56
• Total Runtime01:01:09

Info for Le Livre Vermeil de Montserrat

This famous manuscript whose drafting was completed in 1399, the persons involved in the reception of pilgrims monks served in the Catalan monastery of Montserrat as a songbook. In the preface makes it clear that the pilgrims' ... often have the desire, in the church of the Holy Virgin , as well as in the gardens around the church (where you can tolerate only decent and devotional songs) to sing and dance , for which a adequate set of songs was written to satisfy this desire ...'. According to the current state of the evaluation, the manuscript contains 10 songs and dances in honor of the Virgin Mary, whose great popularity is its diversity and relatively uncomplicated feasibility owes.

Since 2004, musicians gather around Bruno Bonhoure and Khai-Dong Luong, which represent the ensemble „La Camera delle Lacrime“ Contemporary Art in the service of a European musical heritage, ranging from the late Middle Ages to the Baroque era. The performances of the group present themselves as a form of music theater, where the musical repertoire by the action of other art and expression - appears in a new light - such as dance or digital image creations. The three previously released CDs were considered by the press with awards and paved the way to the ensemble to participate in such prestigious festivals including the Bach Academy or the Festival of Pontoise and Saint-Michel in Thiérache.

Bruno Bonhoure, tenor, artistic direction
Sarah Lefeuvre, soprano
Tiphaine Gauthier, flutes
Michèle Claude, percussion
Khai-dong Luong, staging, visual creation
La Camera delle Lacrime

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