Program: #04-44 Air Date: Oct 25, 2004
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NOTE: From its source in the Rheinwaldhorn Glacier in the Swiss Alps, down to Basel and along the 500 navigable miles to the north Sea, the Rhine has been a source of culture.
This week, Benjamin Bagby of Sequentia shares his stunning reconstruction of the earliest secular music of the German-speaking peoples.
This SACD recording is on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and is CD #82876 58940.
Support for these programs comes in part from PRS, Presence Switzerland; with additional support from Swiss Radio, Pro Helvetia, and the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C.
I. Songs of the Harp
- Felix qui potuit boni (setting from Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy).
- Caute cane, cantor care (meditation on body & soul as instruments
to praise God). - Magnus cesar Otto (in honor of Otto I "the Great" [936-973]).
- Rota modod arte (in praise of the harp).
- David regis inclita proles (celebration of King David & all harpers).
II. The Image of the Dawn
- Cigni ("the swan"--rare instrumental piece).
- Foebus abierat (woman's song--earliest to treat her lover's ghost).
- Clangam, filii (lament of the swan).
- Phebi claro (illicit lovers fear the dawn).
- Aurea personet lira (praising the song of the nightingale).
III. Desire and Seduction
- Iam, dulcia amica, venito (song of seduction).
- Advertite, omnes populi ("Story of the Snow Child").
- O admirabile Veneris idolum (controversial song of lament as young lover is seduced by another).
- Puella turbata ("the troubled girl").
- Suavissima nunna (dialogue between seducer & nun).
CD Info
CD #82876 58940
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