Sollazzo Ensemble
The jester says what no one else dares to say. Between mockery and seriousness, between mask and man, armed with permission to shoot at anything that moves, the jester navigates the boundaries of what is allowable. Sollazzo Ensemble portrays this ambiguous figure with madrigals, ballads, and songs from the 14th century. Playful, sharp, sometimes vicious: here sounds a voice that entertains, disrupts, jokes, and hurts, and which, despite its innocence, is life-threatening.
Programme
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Freedom of criticism
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Anonymous
Amor potest/Ad amorem/Tenor
(from: Codex Montpellier, 13th century) -
Niccolò da Perugia
Ciascun faccia per sè,
fl. 14th century -
Anonymous
Parle qui veut
(from: Cyprus Manuscript, 15th century) -
Giovanni da Firenze
Agnel son bianch’
fl. 1340-50 -
Francesco Landini
O fanciulla giulia,
c1325-1397 -
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Behind the mask -
Lorenzo da Firenze
I’ credo ch’i’ dormiva instrumental
d1372/73 -
Vincenzo da Rimini
In forma quasi,
fl. c1450 -
Giovanni da Firenze
Quand’amor
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Anonymous
Avendo me falcon
(from: Rossi Codex, 14th century) -
Francesco Landini
Mostrommi amor
Amor con fede -
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Intermezzo -
Francesco Landini
Fortuna ria instrumental
Tante belleçe instrumental
La dolce vista instrumental
Poi che veder instrumental -
Niccolò da Perugia
Il meglie è pur tacere
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At the banquet -
Anonymous
De mia farina fo le mie lasagne
(from: MS Mancini 184, Lucca c1400) -
Borlet
Ma trez dol rossignol - He trez doulz roussignol joly
fl. c1397-1409 -
Francesco Landini
Perche virtù
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Anonymous
Cum martelli/La mantacha
(from: MS London 29987) -
Lorenzo da Firenze
A poste messe (extract)
Programme subject to change
Musicians
- Carine Tinney soprano
- Jonatan Alvarado, Lior Leibovici tenor
- Mara Winter traverso
- Roger Helou organetto
- Christoph Sommer lute
- Anna Danilevskaia musical direction, vielle
