Special offer. Aashenayi
16th century Ottoman monody
Canticum Novum, Emmanuel Bardon
The idea of a giant circus marquee suggests the inclusiveness and entertainment value of this performance…this is not historical reconstruction so much as social and cultural integration, musical...
Special offer. Aashenayi
16th century Ottoman monody
Canticum Novum, Emmanuel Bardon
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The idea of a giant circus marquee suggests the inclusiveness and entertainment value of this performance…this is not historical reconstruction so much as social and cultural integration, musical...
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A spellbinding musical encounter from the time of Suleiman the Magnificent. Canticum Novum reveals the rich legacy of 16th-century monophonic songs from the frontiers between Europe and the Middle East, unfolding them in a series of dazzling improvisations like so many variations on this meeting of peoples. Canticum Novum is based in the Loire department in France and has been resident at the Opera Theatre de Saint-Etienne since 2007. The ensemble was founded by Emmanuel Bardon in 1996.
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Early Music Review June 2015
The idea of a giant circus marquee suggests the inclusiveness and entertainment value of this performance…this is not historical reconstruction so much as social and cultural integration, musical improvisation and living participation.
22nd June 2015
These performances take the basic tools of the original songs, and with a team of like-minded musicians create an experience which is both enjoyable in its own right, and whets our appetite for more…The programme is a good mixture of songs both deeply affecting and rousingly rhythmical.
