programme
Parts from the Cantigas de Santa Maria
100 Santa María, Strela do día
353 Quen a omagen da Virgen e de séu Fillo honrrar
116 Dereit’é de lume dar
424 Pois que dos Reis Nóstro Sennor
67 A Reínna grorïosa tant’ é de gran santidade
and Andalusian classical music from the 11th and 12th centuries:
Raml Maya Inssiraf Betayh
Darj Gribat Lhoussien
Inssiraf Qaym wa nisf Raml Maya
Darj Hijaz Machruiqi
Bessite Gribat Lhoussain
Nssiraf quddam Isstihlal
performers
Cappella Amsterdam
Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra
Sahand Sahebdivani storyteller
background
How would it sound if you took a walk through 12th-century Córdoba?
With Cantigas, you will travel musically back in time to this early medieval metropolis. You will hear music that may have been played there at that time: a selection of Marian songs from the Cantigas de Santa Maria and traditional Arabo-Andalusian works that are still sung and played today in the Maghreb.
The Cantigas were compiled at the behest of King Alfonso X, also known as “the king of the three religions,” during a time when Christians, Jews, and Muslims lived peacefully together. Their mutual influences can be heard in the rhythmic structures of the music and the themes of the performed works. To make this musical journey through time as authentic as possible, the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra plays instruments that were used in the twelfth century.
