Concert "Journey to the World of Wonders: Egeria & Marco Polo"

Egeria ensemble (Spain)

 

In the vast expanse of time and space, two iconic figures of exploration will join their destinies to prepare an unprecedented journey. Egeria, the intrepid fourth-century pilgrim who detailed her chronicles of the Holy Land with devotion and curiosity, and Marco Polo, the Venetian adventurer whose tales of the exotic Orient fascinated generations and generations.

 

In a legendary encounter, these two adventurous spirits now embark together on a common mission: to explore together the enigmatic and fantastic World of Wonders, a realm where reality is intertwined with the fantastic and every step is a new discovery. On this journey, their different perspectives and experiences will intermingle, creating a story that transcends time and imagination, promising a journey full of wonder and revelations.

 

This program, which brings together a miscellany of heterogeneous repertoires of diverse origins (Spanish, Italian, Maronite and Chinese) and which includes the restoration of some Marian pieces contained in the manuscript Latin. 5132 from the Monastery of Ripoll, was the winner of the Festclásica Seal Award, with which the ensemble undertook a large tour of concerts at the largest festivals in Spain last season. The repertoire is mostly composed of “wandering” pieces, music that has “traveled” through time and space, finding its home in distant, even unexpected places, crossing cultural and geographical borders to take refuge in different terrains from where they were created, carrying with them stories of exchange, encounter and convergence.

 

Concert is presented by the Embassy of Spain in Lithuania.

 

Orientis partibus. BNE, Ms. 289, f. 147

 

主矜憐我等 - Kyrie

Dies ista gaudium. BNE, Ms. 289

Quando i oselli canta. Codex Rossi 215, f. 2v-3

Salve Virgo regia. BNF, Lat. 5132, f. 108v

Bo'ooto dmor ya'qoob. Chant syriaque maronite.

Venite a laudare. Laudario di Cortona, f. 1-3v

 

凡自婦人生者 - Inter natos mulierum

Natus est, natus est. BNE, Ms. 289

Gaiete dolce parolete. Codex Rossi 215, f. 4v-5

Ave virgo gloriosa. BNF, Lat. 5132, f. 105v

Laudar vollio per amore. Laudario di Cortona, f. 90-93v

 

祈主 - Da pacem Domine

Dei patris unice. BNE, Ms. 289

Che pena e questa. BNF. NAF 4917, f. 19v-20

Vox clarescat mens purgetur. BNF, Lat. 5132, f. 107v

O divina virgo, flore. Laudario di Cortona, f. 32v-34v

 

天上永王 - Rex sempiterne coelitum

Omnis mundus iocundetur. BNE, Ms. 289

Hwaow sohdeh sghooleh. Chant syriaque maronite.

Io son'un pellegrin. F-Pnm Italien 568, f. 42v

Lauda novella sia cantata. Laudario di Cortona, f. 3v-5v