Medieval Music - Como poden by Alfonso X

Como poden per sas culpas by Alfonso X, King of Castile, Léon, Galicia & reputed to be King of the Germans (1221-84). Performed live in concert by the Lyrebyrd Consort:
Evan Sanders (descant recorder)
Rebecca Witt (rebec)
Damien Day (viola)
James Cowling (bass viol)
Rosemary Byron-Scott (bass recorder)
Kenneth Pope (castanets)
Bernard Mageean (tambourine).

Recorded live in concert:
'A Mediæval Celebration'
Adelaide Fringe Festival, 2011
by
Rosemary Beal, 5mbs
Barr Smith Library,
University of Adelaide

Photos by Rosemary Byron-Scott, Film by Anna Pope.
Lyrebyrd icon by Nichole Chan.

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Based on the 13th century Cantiga de Santa Maria "Como poden per sas culpas", a joyful song about a miracle which can be roughly translated as:
Just as man for all his sins is often rendered lame, so through Holy Mary can he find health again. Now see a man who for his many sins was left crippled in both arms and legs. Five years passed, but he moved not at all; not one limb of his body could he use.

Such suffering did he endure, he vowed that if he were cured he would take a pound of votive wax as an offering, Instantly was he cured; no trace of pain remained.

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