ASD - Arts-Scène Diffusion

Canticum Novum

ORIGINAL PROJECTS

Ararat

A musical dialogue between France and Armenia

2015 was the centenary of the Armenian Genocide. In order to commemorate such a painful event, Canticum Novum has decided to create an intercultural dialogue between France and Armenia. Let us precise that these countries have been closely related since the XIIIth century when the House of Lusignan ruled the kingdoms of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia. That’s how Leon II de Lusignan was crowned King of Armenia in 1252. The influence of the Lusignan family was to last until the end of the kingdom of Armenia (1375). The cultural exchanges that prevailed at the Armenian court in the XIIIth century are being revived by Canticum Novum. In the repertoire that the ensemble has worked out, the most luminous pieces of music echo each other through messages of peace and mutual respect.

• Armenian liturgical and popular music
• Music of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
• French Music: Estampies and Royal Dances
Le Manuscript du Roi ca. 1270-1320

Distribution
Barbara Kusa, Emmanuel Bardon, Varinak Davidian voice
Aliocha Regnard nyckelharpa & fidula
Emmanuelle Guigues kamansheh & vièle
Valérie Dulac vièle & lyre d’archet
Spyros Halaris kanun
Philippe Roche oud
Gwénael Bihan flûtes à bec
Agop Boyadjan duduk
Ismaïl Mesbahi, Henri-Charles Caget percussions

3 singers et 9 instrumentists

Press

Nicole Videmann, Latins de jazz... & Cie, 1e octobre 2017

Devant un public attentif et conquis l’ensemble déroule un répertoire fascinant […] Par ses applaudissements et ses sourires radieux, le public du chapiteau restitue à l’orchestre l’intérêt et le plaisir ressenti à l’écoute du projet « Ararat ».

Discography

Ararat

Emmanuel Bardon artistic direction

Ambronay, 2017

Videos

Ararat (Teaser) from Les Films de la Découverte on Vimeo.

Ararat - teaser

Ararat

Ararat, musique sacrée et populaire arménienne. Concert donné par l’ensemble Canticum Novum, direction Emmanuel Bardon au Festival d’Ambronay le 30 septembre 2017.