Guitar Duo RIBERA-SÀBAT present... MÚSIC OF El llibre Vermell de Montserrat, music of XIV centuri.

Obres del Llibre Vermell de Montserrat

Maria Matrem

Tiré du fameux Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, en Catalogne, recueil de chants de pèlerinage à la vierge noire datant du XIVème siècle, "O Virgo Splendens Hic in Monte Celso" est un canon à 3 voix écrit dans une notation de style plain-chant. Nous en donnons ici une version instrumentale à 2 cornemuses soutenues par 2 percussions.

O Virgo.WAV

Laudemus Virginem

Imperayritz

Del "Llibre Vermell de Montserrat" S. XIV
Danza macabra "Ad mortem festinamus"
Con il sostegno della Regione FVG ela USCI FVG.

Ad Mortem Festinamus

Joan Martí-Frasquer, baritone saxophones

Here is my version for baritone saxophones of O VIRGO SPLENDENS, a canon for three male voices from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, one of the oldest extant medieval manuscripts containing music. The Red Book is in the library of the Abbey of Montserrat, near Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain).

The Red Book includes three canons, two polyphonic songs and dances five dances and was copied at the end of the 14th Century. The relative simplicity, the dance rhythm and the strong melodies have given the music a lasting appeal.

O Virgo 
Splendens, hic in monte celso
miraculis serrato 
fulgentibus ubique,
quem fideles 
conscendunt universi.
Eia pietatis oculo placato
cerne ligatos furne peccatorum,
ne infernorum ictibus graventur,
sed cum beatis tua prece vocentur.

O Virgin,
shining brightly, on this high
serrated mountain,
with splendid miracles all around,
where the believers
from everywhere ascend, 
Ah, with your gentle loving eye
behold those caught in the bonds of sin,
that they not be vexed by the blows of hell 
but be called among the blessed by your prayer. 

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Lyrics ans translation and picture: https://dick.wursten.be/
Photo Joan: Anna Guardiola
Recorded by Nacho Gascón at Stinky Studio (Lliçà de Vall, Catalonia/Spain)

Find out more about the classical/contemporary repertoire for baritone saxophone on the blog from my website: https://joanmf.com/jmf-blog/

O VIRGO SPLENDENS (ca. 14th Century), from Llibre Vermell de Montserrat

Stella Splendens

"Mariam, matrem virginem, attolite" from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (14th century) played on a tenor Gemshorn.

Mariam, matrem virginem, attolite

Guitarrista y compositor. Toco también instrumentos de música antigua y charango.
Trabajo como músico de sesión, arreglista y productor. Si te interesa incluir guitarras en tu trabajo o que te haga la producción completa de tu tema, puedes ponerte en contacto conmigo... Mi web: www.pablodespeyroux.net 
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I premiered more than 60 works of different genres of music by composers such as Joan Bagés Rubí, José Luis Campana and Hans Peter Stubbe Teglbjaerg, among others. Of particular note was the ‘Concerto for baritone saxophone, piano and string orchestra’ by Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska, at the Luxembourg Philharmonie in June 2018. 
My varied music projects, focused mainly on new music, have brought me to perform in Europe, America and Australasia in festivals such as Mixtur Barcelona (2018), New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (USA 2017), Rc4 (Brazil 2015) and Classical:NEXT (Austria 2014 and Germany 2022). 
I have been a member of several chamber music groups such as the saxophone quartet SAX 3+1 (1994-2013) or Sigma woodwind trio (2004-2007). Currently, I collaborate with Morphosis Ensemble and some groups of contemporary music.

Owns weird instruments and thinks he can play them.

Mariona Sagarra: voice
Marina Albero: psalterium
Marc Egea: hurdy gurdy

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