Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall BAILAR CANTANDO
Jordi Savall is among the leading instrumentalists and conductors of the European early music scene, specializing in Renaissance, Baroque, and Medieval music. He took an interest in early music and began learning the viola da gamba. He studied the gamba and early music research and practice with Wieland Kuijken in Brussels and August Wenzinger at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel.
In 1968, Savall married the soprano Montserrat Figueras, who shared his interest in early music. With Figueras and other musicians interested in early Spanish music, he founded the ensemble Hespèrion XX in 1974. The ensemble took its name from an ancient name for the Western European region from Italy to Iberia. At the turn of the 21st century, the group changed its name to Hespèrion XXI.
The Codex Trujillo is a manuscript edited by Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón, bishop of Trujillo, Peru. It contains 1,411 watercolours and 20 musical scores documenting the life in the diocese. It shows how baroque pieces imported from Western Europe was enriched by the local tradition, creating a unique Metis repertoire.
This music was conceived to be sung and danced at the same time (‘bailar cantando’) and we are confident you’ll try doing both.
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