DANTE AND THE ROSE
Art Night Venezia 2021
From sensual love to spiritual love
700th anniversary of the death of Dante
Passages from the Divine Comedy
Music of the troubadours, music from the time of Dante
Introduction, Roberta Reeder
Adriano Iurissevich, narrator
DUO EPHEMERIS
Simona Gatto, soprano
Davide Gazzato, baritone, lute, bagpipes, recorder, percussion
Roberta Reeder, Artistic Director
ATENEO VENETO, Venice
Art Nignt, 2 October 2021 at 6 p.m.
Admission free
Info: (+39) 041 520 9562 info@ateneoveneto.org
This year the theme of ART NIGHT is DANTE. To honor this great poet, Musica Venezia will present a special multi-media event with a recitation of passages from the Divine Comedy, songs by the troubadours, and music from the time of Dante. Adriano Iurissevich will recite passsages with Francesca da Rimini, Picarda Donati and troubadours like Betran de Born and Sordello.
Usually the major part of published collections of troubadour songs are only with texts, but without the music. However, Dr. Paolo Da Col, Director of the Library of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory, found a collection in Italy by Hendrik van der Werf and Gerald A. Bond, The Extant Troubadour Melodies —songs with the music— including those by troubadours like Daniel Arnaut and Folquest de Marselha, whom Dante meets in the Divine Comedy. Also in this concert are songs from the collection of Jean Maillard, Anthologie de Chants de Troubadours.