laReverdie (foto © Tomas Kost)

Inspired by the reverdie (lyrical arias celebrating the return of spring) the laReverdie ensemble was founded in 1986 by two pairs of sisters who were singers and instrumentalists, to explore the musical repertoire from the Late Middle Ages to the end of the 14th Century. The objective was not to meticulously catalogue archaeological finds, but rather to faithfully reproduce them with loving loyalty respecting the music, the texts and the ideology, so that those listening might perceive this repertoire as living fragments of a past but not lost culture. Today this ensemble boasts a number of recordings multi-rewarded with the Choc de la Musique, eight Diapason d’Or Awards, 10 Repertoire Awards, fff Télérama, A for Amadeus, but also partnerships with artists such as Franco Battiato and Moni Ovadia. Both in recordings and in concerts laReverdie prefers thematic programmes. The programme presented for the Laudamo Philharmonic is especially beautiful, with Insula feminarum. Medieval echoes of Celtic femininity, with vocal and instrumental incursions in the world of Provence, in the laud books and in the Italian Ars Nova as well as early French-Burgandian Humanism.

laREVERDIE

INSULA FEMINARUM
Medieval echoes of Celtic femininity

Anonymous Italian (14th-15th century) Lamento di
Tristano & Isotta
Cuvelier Se Geneive, Tristan
Anonymous French (13th century) S’on me regarde/
Hé mi enfant
Guillaume Dufay
Resveilles vous et faites chiere lye
Anonymous from the Orkney Isles (13th century)
Nobilis umilis Magne martyr
Anonymous English (14th century)
De flore martyrum/Deus tuorum militum/
Ave Rex
Anonymous English (14th century)
Ave miles celestis curie/Ave rex patrone patrie
/Ave rex
Frankes (arr. D.D. Sherwin)
Quene Note
Anonymous English (13th century)
Miri it is hwile sumer ilasts
Jacopo da Bologna
Di nuovo è giunto un chavalier
Giovanni da Firenze
Nel bosco senza foglie
Elisabetta de Mircovich
Brano strumentale su Pyançe la Bella Yguana
Oswald von Wolkenstein
Ave Mutter kuniginne/Ave Mater
Anonymous Italiano (14th century)
Ortorum virentium/Victime paschali
Anonymous Italiano (14th century)
Con la Madre
Anonymous Italiano (13th century)
Laude novella
Doron David Sherwin
Novel canto

voice, lute Claudia Caffagni
voice, vielle, flutesLivia Caffagni
voce, vielle, ribeck, symphonia Elisabetta de Mircovich
voice, harp Ella de Mircovich