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York Early Music Festival 2014 - Hesperion XXI

Hespèrion XXI and Jordi Savall recreate the lost sounds of medieval Spain, Provence and Italy in a concert from York University as part of the York Early Music Festival 2014.

A concert recorded at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York as part of York Early Music Festival 2014.

Presented by Adam Tomlinson

Hespèrion XXI:
Pierre Hamon - flute, gaita
Dimitri Psonis - santur, moresca
Yurdal Tokan - oud
Hakan Gungor - kanun
David Mayoral - percussion
Jordi Savall - rebab lira and direction

Kalenda Maya: Folias and Dances from Palace and Desert

East meets West in this colourful evocation of medieval music from all around the Mediterranean. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Spain was a melting pot, where Christian, Jewish and Islamic cultures co-existed, where Provençal troubadours and Arabic musicians could meet and exchange ideas. Manuscripts associated with the Castilian court of Alfonso X ''the Wise'' show illustrations of musicians playing instruments that look remarkably similar to those still played in North Africa, the Middle East and around the Adriatic today, and this has inspired Jordi Savall to gather together a group of musicians from east and west to recreate the lost sounds of medieval Spain, Provence and Italy in the context of traditional music from Armenia, Persia and Turkey.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Wed 15 Jul 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • Anonymous

    Alba - danza de las espadas

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Traditional Armenian

    Menk kadj tohmi

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Anon.

    Danza del viento

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Dervis Mehmed

    Makam "Uzzal usules Darb-i feth"

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Alfonso X el Sabio

    Saltarello (Cantigas de Santa Maria no.77-119)

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Jewish Traditional

    Cuando el rey Nimrod

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Marcabru

    Pax! in nomine Domini

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Anonymous

    La quarte estampie royal

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Traditional Armenian

    Hov arek

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Baba Mest

    Der Makam-I Huseyni Sema'i

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Hor che'l ciel e la terra

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Art of Fugue - Contrapunctus XVIII

    Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI.
    • Der Kunst der Fuge.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Alfonso X el Sabio

    Rotundellus (Cantigas de Santa Maria no 105)

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Raimbault De Vaqueiras

    Kalenda maya

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Traditional Afghan

    Nastaran

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Anonymous

    Lamento di Tristano (and rotto)

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Baba Mest

    Der Makam-i Uzzal Sakil 'Turna' Sema'i

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Jewish Traditional

    Paxarico tu te llamas

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Traditional Syrian

    Kurdish dance

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Anonymous Persian

    Chahamezrab

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Anon.

    Saltarello

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Romance in F major Op 118 no 5

    Performer: Eric Lu.
  • Lenine

    O Silencio Das Estrellas

    Composer: Dudu Falcão. Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Singer: Misha Mullov-Abbado.
  • Misha Mullov-Abbado

    Blue Deer

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Singer: Misha Mullov-Abbado.
  • Antônio Carlos Jobim

    No More Blues

    Composer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: James Davison.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata no.1 in B minor BWV.1014 (Adagio)

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Music Arranger: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Singer: Misha Mullov-Abbado.
  • Misha Mullov-Abbado

    Brazil

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Singer: Misha Mullov-Abbado.

Broadcast

  • Wed 15 Jul 2020 19:30