The earliest western polyphony… and a murder mystery

Abbo Abbas
A rare opportunity to appreciate the virtuosic technique of four female vocal soloists in these remarkable French and English polyphonies of the 10th century.

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An intense fascination rises from the four female voices. The world of medieval music seems much closer to us. Emotion rises, wonder comes, cultural dialogues are reinvented. The success of the concert at the Festival of Zamora is a moving one and marks an important moment in the short story of the festival.

El País (Spain)

Abbo Abbas

"Medieval vocal hypnosis". The four singers enchanted the audience. They produced some quasi-hypnotical passages during which one closes one’s eyes to be better carried away to another dimension.

Noticias de Gipuzkoa (Spain)

"Pure art". Katarina Livljanic has constructed a musically irreproachable latticework of 11th century French and English monastic chant. This concert produces moments of great beauty. The four female voices are perfectly shaped with a very refined technique.

Noticias de Gipuzkoa (Spain)

As usual with Dialogos, we are taken on a hypnotic voyage toward the Middle Ages, driven by music that often seems to come from another planet.

Gara (Spain)

MUSICAL SAMPLES

Sancte Benedicte confessor domini
(MP3, 1:22, 641 KB)

Alleluia. Ymera agias
(MP3, 2:07, 993 KB)

Sint lumbi vestri
(MP3, 2:14, 1.02 MB)

Congregati sunt, Deus, ad devorandum me seductores
(MP3, 2:34, 1.17 MB)

 

CONCERTS

• January 24, 2010
UBC Recital Hall, Vancouver, Canada
Early Music Vancouver
Programme: Barlam & Josaphat
www.earlymusic.bc.ca

• February 14, 2010
AMUZ, Antwerpen, Belgium
Programme: Dalmatica
www.amuz.be

• April 6, 2010
Masterclass Katarina Livljanic on Glagolitic chant, Irish World Academy of Music, University of Limerick, Ireland
www.ul.ie

• May 16, 2010
Europäischer Kultursommer Festival, Fellbach, Germany
Programme: Judith
www.kultursommer-fellbach.de

 

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