Ensemble Irini
VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Janua
Echoes of the Last Schism
Dufay - Chrysaphes - Plousiadenos
“Any door has two sides (…) likewise I, gatekeeper of the celestial palace, examine the East and the West at the same time.” Janus Two-Faced God, Ovide, Les Fastes
Through the monumental works of Dufay and his Byzantine contemporaries Chrysaphes and Plousiadenos, J A N U A takes you on a discovery of a unique period, as short as it is unknown: the time of the last attempt to unite East and West. in the fifteenth century.
The voices of the Irini Ensemble merge for the first time with sackbuts and medieval trumpets. We invite you to discover the musical treasures resulting from this explosion of life and unparalleled creativity which saw artists and thinkers from both shores of the Mediterranea join forces in the hope of averting the downfall of a civilization.
Cast
Irini Ensemble
Lila Hajosi - conductor
Eulalia Fantova - Clémence Faber - mezzo
Julie Azoulay - Lauriane Le Prev - contralto
Benoît-Joseph Meier - Olivier Merlin - tenor
Jean-Marc Vié - Sébastien Brohier - bass
Catherine Motuz - Sandie Griot - medieval trumpets / sackbut
Programme
-1 hour of music without intermission-
Composers: Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474); Janus Plousiadenos (1429-1500); Manuel Doukas Chrysaphes (1440-1463)
Apostolo glorioso, Dufay, isorhythmic motet dedicated to Pandolfo Malatesta, Dufay's patron, 3 min
O gemma lux, Dufay, isorhythmic motet dedicated to the protection of a trip to the Peloponnese, 5 min
Vasilissa ergo gaude, isorhythmic motet for the marriage of Cleophe Malatesta to the son of the Byzantine Emperor, 3 min
Potirion sotiriou (I will take the cup of salvation) Mode III, Orthodox wedding ceremony, Simono Petra Monastery, 1 min
Dogmatic Theotokion, Mode I plagal, Orthodox wedding recession, 3 min
Ecclesiae militantis, Dufay, motet dedicated to Pope Eugene IV, initiator of the reunification of the two churches, 5 min
Trisagion, Byzantine Divine Liturgy, 7 min
Canon for the Council of Florence, Janus Plousiadenos, 4 min
Nuper rosarum flores, Dufay, isorhythmic motet for the consecration of the Duomo of Florence, dedicated to Eugene IV, initiator of the reunification of the two churches, 6 min
Salve flos tuscae, Dufay, isorhythmic motet dedicated to the City of Florence, 5 min
Mirandas parit, Dufay, motet dedicated to the city of Florence, 4 min
Lamentation over the fall of Constantinople, Manuel Doukas Chrysaphes, 10 min
Lamentatio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae, Dufay, on the fall of Constantinople, 5 min
Videos
JANUA - Irini Ensemble - Teaser
JANUA - Ensemble Irini - Presentation (short version)
Folders
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Barcelona, Spain
Transits de l'auditori
Metz, France
Vézelay, France
Saint-Guilhem le Désert, France
Les marteaux de Gellone
Sainte Céronne-lès-Mortagne, France