Troubadours and Medieval Courtly Love | Ensemble Leones · MarchVivo

In medieval times, courtly love symbolized an ideal, almost platonic, as unattainable and sublimated. It was this conception of love that inspired the music and poems of the troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries such as Wolkenstein, Neidhart, or Walther von der Vogelweide. These fragile verses set to music with the first notations form the basis of this concert.

Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376–1445)
00:00 Durch aubenteuer tal und perg * (Early New High German)
07:10 Wer ist die da durchleuchtet ** (Early New High German, arranged by Miriam Andersén)

Neidhart (c1190–c1240)
12:16 Clausula (instrumental, arranged by Baptiste Romain)

Per Ræv Lille (14th century)
15:40 Ridher oc swenæ oc froer oc mør ** (Old Danish, arranged by Miriam Andersén)

Neidhart
19:39 Mir ist ummaten leyde (Middle High German)
Anonymous (13th century)
24:20 Belle doette as fenestres se siet ** (Old French)
Baptiste Romain
29:32 Der hedamerschol (instrumental)

Walther von der Vogelweide (c1180-c1230)
32:27 Lange swîgen des hât ich gedâht (Middle High German, recomposition of the neumes by Marc Lewon)
36:22 Vil wunder estampie (instrumental, arranged by Marc Lewon)

Neidhart
39:35 Do man den gumpel gampel sank (Early New High German)
Aimeric de Péguilhan (c1170–c1230)
44:32 En amor trob alques ** (Occitan)

Baptiste Romain
48:32 Cantio de Born (instrumental)

English translations: Marc Lewon (*) and Miriam Andersén (**)

Excerpt from the concert "Troubadours and courtly love" from the series "A thousand years of love"
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Ensemble Leones
Miriam Andersén, voice, and Medieval harp. Baptiste Romain, vielle and bagpipe. Marc Lewon, voice, Medieval lute, gittern and conductor

8 March 2024
Fundación Juan March, Madrid

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