The concert will feature music from across the Iberian Peninsula, dating from the 11th through the 14th centuries. On the program are selections from several important manuscripts--the Llibre Vermell, the Las Huelgas Codex, and the Cantigas de Santa Maria. Also included will be music by King Denis of Portugal and the Cantigas d'Amigo of Martim Codax, a cycle of songs about love and the sea. It will also be a rare opportunity to hear Mozarabic chant performed live.
Performers include singers Patrick Fennig, Martin Coyle, and Richard Lippold, accompanied by artistic director Jeff Dailey.
Collectio Musicorum (“Collection of Music”) is an ensemble devoted to giving the best possible performances of music from the earliest of times. While realizing it is not possible to replicate medieval performances with complete accuracy, the ensemble strives to achieve a reasonable reproduction of the sounds and performance practice of the Middle Ages by examining all available evidence — codicological, organological, linguistic, iconographic, etc. This musicological approach is combined with the highest possible level of musicianship to present historically informed concerts that are both scholarly and entertaining. Collectio also strives to resurrect music that, although written about, is rarely, if ever, performed.
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