In Festa

In Festa
Calendimaggio di Assisi
Ensemble Micrologus
Micrologus 0001 [CD]
Micrologus 0001.1 [CD & book]

Content:

    Intro ...

    Anon., Burgos, Monasterio de Las Huelgas, Ms. s.s.
  1. Conductus: Novus miles
  2. ... Della primavera

    Anon., Monaco, Bibl. Nat., cod. lat. 4660
  3. Sequence: Tempus transit gelidum

  4. Raimbaud de Vaqueiras, Paris, Bibl. Nat., Ms fr. 20150
  5. Kalenda Maya
    Anon., Florence,, Bibl. Med. Laur., Palatino 87 (Codex Squarcialupi)
    Rondeau: A l'entrada del tens clar

  6. Francesco Landini, Trento Castello del Bonconsiglio, MS 87
  7. Ballata: Echo la primavera

  8. Anon.,
  9. La douce saison de may
  10. ... Del amore

    Walter von der Vogelweide, Paris, Bibl. de l'Arsenal, MS 5198
  11. Under der linden

  12. Marcabru
  13. Pastourelle: L'autrier jost'una sebissa

  14. Bernart de Ventadorn
  15. Canso: Can vei la lauzeta mover
  16. ...Della notte

    Anon., Llibre Vermel de Montserrat
  17. Ballata: Stella splendens

  18. Alfonso el Sabio (attrr.): Cantigas de Santa Maria, Madrid, Biblioteca del Mon. dell'Escorial, Ms. J.B.2
  19. Cantiga 330: Madre de Deus

  20. Guiraut de Bornelh
  21. Alba: Reis glorios
  22. ... Cum gaudio

    Anon.
  23. Conductus: Gregis pastor

  24. Anon., Burgos, Monasterio de Las Huelgas, Ms. s.s.
  25. Sequence: Vinum bonum et suave

  26. Anon., London, Brit. Lib. Ms. Add. 36881
  27. Conductus: Orientis partibus

  28. Anon., Madrid, Biblioteca del Mon. dell'Escorial IV.A.24
  29. Ballata: Hora may che fora son

  30. Anon., Anon., Paris, Bibl. Nat., ital. 476
  31. Ballo: Voltate in ça
    Anon., Petrucci, VII Libro di Frottole, Venice, 1557
    Un bel matin d'amor
    Anon., Paris, Bibl. Nat., ital. 476
    Ballo: Petit riens

Playing time: 62' 16"

Performers:
Ensemble Micrologus [Patrizia Bovi (voice, harp), Adolfo Broegg (lute, oud, psaltery, bells), Goffredo Degu Esposti (double flute, pipe & tabor, transverse flute, bagpipe, shawm), Ulrich Pfeifer (voice, hurdy-gurdy), Gabriele Russo (vielle, rebec), Koram Jablonko (vielle), Luigi Germini (trumpet, slide trumpet, trombone), Giancarlo Serano (tamburello, tammorra, nakers, bendir), Alessandro Pascoli (choir), Alessandro Quarta (choir), Claudia Mortali (choir)

Recording site and date:
Rec.: Studio Juke Box di Perugia [02/1995]
Rel.: 1995 (CD), 1997 (CD & book)

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (#-p.):

Comments:
Information from owned CD & book. This is a splendid CD well worth the trouble to order it abroad by mail.

This program was made in connection with the titled "Calendimaggio di Assisi" which is a medieval recreation festival in the old town of Assisi, done since 1927. The "book" version of the recording contains quite an extensive discussion of the festival, and apparently it has become quite elaborate, and since 1952 has included "real" medieval music. The festival is a touchstone not just for historical awareness, but actually recreating the sense of festival itself and the social value of such an occasion. In the very old town, some of the activities had not ceased since the middle ages, giving the whole thing quite a sense of foundation. - Todd M. McComb

A more recent release by this ensemble:

Carnivalesque
Sex, lies and ... musical tales in 16th-century Venice
Micrologus - Patrizia Bovi
Micrologus CDM 0027.14.1

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Pierre-F. Roberge