Foi. Survival and Tradition.

Foi presents an unusal confrontation between the 14th century music of ars nova on the one hand and orally transmitted (mainly Italian) traditional music.
They are two ways in which to talk about history and its myths, to repeat them and to hand them down to a next generation. Two ways in which to survive as well, to endure time and its new tendencies. They are two equally-matched traditions, complementing one another.

In the performance, a link is made between the 14th century and today. In those days there was the plague and the crusades, now there is SARS and the war in Iraq. The question arises of whether so very much has changed since the Middle Ages. We look back condescendingly at their "barbarism", while sometimes refusing to open our eyes to the analogous brutality of the present-day.

All the dimensions of 14th-century music are heard within the performance, including both 'learned' (notated) music, as found in mass movements, motets, courtly dances, and 'simple' (non-notated) music, which has come down to us in oral traditions. This diversity guarantees a varied selection of music that continues not only to captivate us today as listeners, but can also touch us emotionally and spiritually.The three songs from the oral tradition, for example, form part of the rich repertoire of music for the Holy Week in Italy. They continue to be transmitted today in the villages of southern Italy, sung by non-professional singers in Easter processions.

Capilla Flamenca brings the following pieces: Sus une fontayne (J. Ciconia) - Lulay, Lulay (anon.) - Gloria, Missa Notre Dame (G de Machaut) - Or sus vous dormés trop (anon.) - Isabella (anon.) - Riches d'amour (G. de Machaut) - Beata mater (J. Dunstable) - Mahiu, jugiez (M. de Ghent) - Ach Vlaendre vri (T. Fabri)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Cie
• Les
• Ballets
• de
• la
• B;
• contemporary
• dance;
• Sidi
• Larbi
• Cherkaoui;
• oral
• tradition;
• religion;
• spirituality;
• ars
• nova;
• medieval;
• middeleeuws;

[mgalangzingme12]

Love it!!!!! Thank you very much, and pity that I can't watch whole performance:( Greetings from Poland! We remember about you!:)