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University of Zagreb |
27th March 2012
8 pm, Luka Sorkoèeviæ Art School / Strossmayer Street 3
Doulce Mémoire (France)
Denis Raisin Dadre, artistic leadership
Programme:
Italian Moresche and Greghesche
Bestiary or the Language of Animals
Claude Lejeune (c. 1530 - 1600): Quando lo gallo
Gasparo Zanetti (fl. 1625 – 1645): Bassa gioisa (instrumental)
Antonino Barges (c 1520 - 1565): Canzon de la Gallina
The Germans or the Language of Caricatures
Orazzio Vecchi (1550 - 1605): Imitation de l’allemand
Anonimus: La bella Franschina (instrumental)
Johann Eccard: (1553 - 1611): Zanni, magnifico et le tedesco
Tilman Susato (c. 1500 – c. 1562): Moresche (instrumental)
Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594): Matona mia cara
The Moors or the Language of Africans
Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594): Allala pia calia
Anonimus: Spagnoletta (instrumental)
Severino Cornetti (?): Lucia Miau
Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594): Canta Gorgia
Wine and Eroticism or the Language of Jargon
Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594): Tutto lo di
Anonimus: Bergamasque (instrumental)
Orazzio Vecchi (1550 - 1605): Vinata prima
Artisans or the Language of Burano
Anonimus: Passemeze (instrumental)
Giovanni Croce (c. 1557 - 1609): Mascarata de pescaori
Giovanni Croce: Mascarata de donne pitoche
Anonimus: Nizzarda (instrumental)
Giovanni Croce: Mascarata da forlani
Giovanni Croce: Conzon de contadini
Gregesche or the Language of Veneto-Greek
Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532 - 1585): Sassi Palae – sabbion, del Adrian lio
Annibale Padovano (1527 - 1575): Benedetta el gregaria
Doctor Grazian or the Bolognese Language
Anonimus: Chiarenzana (instrumental)
Giovanni Croce (c. 1557 - 1609): Mascarata da lenguazi
Zanni and Pantalon or the Venetian Language
Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594): Zanni que fai?
Padre Martino… or the Neapolitan Language
Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594): Cathalina
Orlando di Lasso: Chi chi li chi
Doulce Mémoire is primarily characterized by energy, team work and joy in realization of the common goal of discovering new approaches to the sacred and secular music of Renaissance. The ensemble is a closely knit group of instrumentalists and singers who jointly perform at numerous renowned festivals (Innsbruck, Saintes, Bath, Ambronay and Boston, to name but a few), but also at somewhat unusual locations such as the walkway in front of the UCG cinema in the centre of Paris, a restaurant in Portugal, the town of Quito in Equador, situated at the altitude of 4000 meters, or a boat in the Tahitian lagoon. Doulce Mémoire is constantly creating new and original interpretations in response to many challenges performing, for instance, in a horse-drawn caravan, cooperating with the Uzbek singer Munnajat Yulchieva or teaching young singers from Bolivia.
Open to every form of art, members of the ensemble cooperate with musicians and dancers of the internationally acclaimed Han Tang Yuefu Company from Taiwan, Italian dancers from the Il Ballarino ensemble, singers of the British band Cardinall's Musick, and Spanish dancers in a project that combines Renaissance music with flamenco. Doulce Mémoire avoids monotony by exploring music ranging from Renaissance cabaret to the mystical music of the Holy Week, from the Requiem for French knights to commedia dell'arte in a project dedicated to Venice. The ensemble records for Naïve, K 617 and Zig Zag Territories labels. It won a number of awards, including Diapason d'Or for the record of the year, and has been highly praised by magazines Le Monde de la Musique and Télérama.