Friend songs
BUY TICKETSAino Peltomaa, voice, medieval harp, percussions, artistic direction
Anna-Maaria Oramo, voice, clavisimbalum
Corina Marti, recorder, organetto
Eira Karlson, voice, fiddle
Guest: Gonçalo Cruz, bagpipe
A tickets: €25
B tickets: €20/10
Music of the Middle Ages has often been preserved in beautiful manuscripts that were both slow and expensive to produce. Among the best-known are the 13th-century Cantigas de Santa Maria ascribed to Alfonso X “The Wise”, King of Castile and León. The role of this enlightened sovereign who encouraged cultural exchange between Christians, Jews and Muslims is not known for certain, but Cantigas d’Amigo, “Friend Songs” consisting of 500 poems were also collected alongside the Cantigas de Santa Maria. Amor Céu have compiled a programme from both collections, placing the troubadour Martin Codax in the leading role in seven Cantigas d’Amigo. His songs are secular, often love poems, and the narrator is most often a woman. The Finnish-Spanish ensemble Amor Céu crystallises its concert in Mia irmana fremosa – “Oh sister, come with me to the sea”.
Martin Codax: Quantas sabades amare amigo
Cantigas de Santa Maria: Rosa das rosas 10
Cantigas de Santa Maria: De Santa María sinal qual xe quér 123
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Martin Codax: Ai Deus se sab'ora meu amigo
Cantigas de Santa Maria 320: Santa María léva
Cantigas de Santa Maria 77: Da que Déus mamou o leite do séu peito
Cantigas de Santa Maria 119: Como somos per conscello do démo perdudos
Gregorian chant: Flos filius
Montpellier: Plus belle que flor
Quant revient
L'autrier joer
Flos Filius Eius
Cantigas de Santa Maria:
Santa María
Strela do día
Martin Codax: Ondas do mare de Vigo
Martin Codax: M andad´ei comigo
Cantigas de Santa Maria 185: Poder há Santa María grande d' os séus acorrer
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Martin Codax: Ai ondas que eu vin veere
Martin codax: Mia irmana fremosa
Adam de la Halle: Amours et ma dame et aussi
Cantigas de Santa Maria 263: Muit' é ben-aventurado e en bon ponto naceu
Cantigas de Santa Maria 282: Par Déus, muit' há gran vertude na paravla comũal
