Poblet Early Music Festival
Simon Heighes introduces highlights from a concert at last summer's Early Music Festival in the Catalonian town of Poblet, featuring Jordi Savall and the Hesperion XXI Ensemble.
Simon Heighes introduces highlights from a concert recorded at last summer's Early Music Festival in the Catalonian town of Poblet.
Recorded al fresco in the square of the 12th-century Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet, Jordi Savall and the Hespèrion XXI Ensemble with guest musicians from China, Afghanistan, Armenia, Syria and Turkey, perform music inspired by the extraordinary journey of the Medieval Morrocan explorer Ibn Battuta.
Savall takes us via Constantinople to the Far East and to Sub-Saharan Africa before returning to Fez, recreating Battuta's 14th-century journey through music.
Producer Helen Garrison.
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Trad Greece
Erotokritos (Byzantine dance)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad Afghan
Laili Djan
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
trad France Manuscrit du Roi
La Quarte Estampie Royal
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad India
Muddhu gare yashoda (raga)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Jordi Savall
Ballade de la Pucelle (after L'homme arme)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad China
Chun Jiang hua yue ye
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad Catalonia
Cuncti simus concanentes (Llibre Vermell de Montserrat)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad Tuscany
Lamento di Tristano
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad China
Yi zu wu qu (Dance of the Yi People)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad Andalusian
Billadi askara min aadbi Llama (Mawachah)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad China
Gao shan liu shui (High Mountains, Flowing Streams)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad Syria
Al maya, al maya (Love Song)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
[traditional]
Alba
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad Andalusian
Fiyachia (Mawachah)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad China
Xing jie (Happy Walk in the Street)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad Syria
Separation Song (Arabic Lament)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. -
Trad Naples
Istampitta (Saltarello)
Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI.
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- Sun 21 Jan 2018 22:1591Èȱ¬ Radio 3