«Dime, Fortuna». Un’autobiografia musicale di Zacara negli anni dell’esilio professionale.
Una commemorazione dei 600 anni dalla morte del compositore Antonio Zacara da Teramo.
Programma:
Ad ogne vento volta come foglia, ballata
Aymè per tutto l’or (una da undici), ballata
Deus deorum Pluto, or ti ringratio, elaborazione strumentale
Plorans ploravi perché la Fortuna, madrigale
Rosetta, intavolatura
Un fior gentil m’apparse, ballata
Dime, Fortuna, poy che tu parlasti, ballata
Spesso, Fortuna, cridote, ballata
Deduto sey, intavolatura
Je suy nauvrés tan fort, o dous amy / Gnaff’ a le guagnele, et anch’ to togli, ballata
Un fior gentile, intavolatura
Sol me trafige ’l cor l’Aquila bella, ballata
Le temps verrà tamtoust aprés, mottetto
Nuda non era, pres’ altro vestito, ballata
Deducto sei a quel che mai non fusti, ballata
L’Ensemble Micrologus, composto da Patrizia Bovi (canto, arpa), Gabriele Russo (ribeca, viola) Goffredo Degli Esposti ( flauti, zufolo col tamburo), Simone Sorini (canto e liuto), Enea Sorini (canto) è un gruppo vocale-strumentale italiano specializzato nell’esecuzione di musiche medievali. Fondato nel 1984, Micrologus fu fra i primi che si propongano di far conoscere la musica medievale a quel tempo poco eseguita. Il bagaglio professionale dei componenti, tutti esperti di musica medievale, li spinge ad esplorare, in particolare, la musica sacra dal XII al XIV secolo con un occhio di riguardo alle forme della sacra rappresentazione e del dramma sacro. Il loro approccio al repertorio si indirizza alla lettura filologica degli spartiti ed al recupero delle sonorità del tempo a mezzo della costruzione di strumenti dell’epoca e dello studio delle vocalità del tempo in cui furono composte le opere da loro rappresentate. Ben presto riescono ad imporsi a livello europeo ed internazionale portando i loro spettacoli in giro per l’Europa, in Nordafrica ed in Asia.
“Zacara Triduum”. European paths to celebrate a protagonist of early European music
In the late summer of 1416 the news spread of the death of one of the leading figures of European music during the Great Schism: Antonio Zacara da Teramo, probably back in his homeland in the last years of his life to lead the chapel of the local cathedral. Already a papal singer since the times of Boniface IX, Zacara had arrived in Rome very young as a member of a family of illuminators, as many other workshops probably called to participate in the reintegration of the library of the Holy See after the return of the Curia from Avignon. This professional start seems a little surprising for Zacara, given that he was born phocomelic, with some fingers and an entire arm completely unusable. It is a proof of his artistic versatility. Besides being an excellent illuminator, he remained famous for more than fifty years after his death for his level of excellence both in music and poetry, not least as the author of the often enigmatic lyrics of his secular compositions. An important example is the production of ballatas on the theme of Fortune, his imaginary confidant in the years of professional exile that elapsed between his abandonment of the service to Gregory XII and his hiring as the chapelmaster to the antipope John XXIII. All this happened during the Councils of Pisa and Constance, where Zacara’s compositions were credited by musicinas from all over Europe, as a precise model for liturgical music. The international dimension of this composer, rediscovered by musicologists only in recent times, has encouraged three renowned ensembles for medieval music – Currentes (Norway), Leones (Germany), and Micrologus (Italy) – to share their experiences to celebrate the 600th anniversary of his death with an ambitious project: devoting three special concert programs to Zacara in his historical and stylistic context, to be performed in the respective countries during single weekends with related events such as talks, workshops, and exhibitions.
Il concerto si svolgerà a Rosenktrantztårnet, Bergen. Per ulteriori informazioni e prenotazione biglietti, consultare il sito del Bergen Middelaldermusikkdager