Ensemble Micrologus
«Le Jeu De Robin Et De Marion»

Micrologus was the first ensemble in Italy to rediscover medieval music, identifying new forms of interpretation that made this repertoire increasingly popular and loved. The group started by researching and studying the sources so as to base interpretation of ancient music on realistic aesthetic hypotheses and performance possibilities. Analysis of the texts and historical, and iconographic investigations as well as the study of musical instruments (which allowed the recreation of very special musical instruments) and comparing the written scores with those passed down by oral tradition are all at the basis of the group’s work, which became real after 1984 in many performances and many CDs. Le Jeu de Robin et de Marion by Adam de la Halle, the last of the Troubadours, composed in about 1284 for the Neapolitan court of Robert D’Angiò, is the most antique testimony of medieval theatre with music. In 2004 the group also recorded Territoires for the Zig-Zag label in Paris, wining various international awards such as the Choc du Monde de la Musique and the 10 de Rèpertoire. The Filarmonica Laudamo and Micrologus dedicate this performance to the memory of Adolfo Broegg, founder of this and its untiring animator.

sunday december 10th 2006 at 6 P.M.
The Savio Theatre

ENSEMBLE
MICROLOGUS

«LE JEU DE ROBIN ET DE MARION»

theatrical pastourelle
(1284)
by
Adam de la Halle

Patrizia Bovi
canto (Marion), harp, bugle in G
Gabriele Russo
vielle, bugle in F
Goffredo Degli Esposti
Shawm, pipe and tabor, transverse flute,
double flute, bagpipes
Mauro Borgioni
canto (Tenor, Chevalier and Baudon)
Olivier Marcaud
canto (Triplum, Robin)
Simone Sorini
canto (Duplum, Compaignie), gittern, castanets
François Lazarevic
bagpipes in G, bagpipes in D, transverse flute
Leah Stuttard
harp