Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre
Idrîsî Ensemble
Ancient voices resurrected – a journey across the Mediterranean.
Idrîsî Ensemble is the wildly inventive group founded by Corsican composer Thomas Fournil. Honouring and refreshing endangered and UNESCO-protected singing traditions, they journey from Corsican polyphony to near-lost medieval chant in a hypnotic blend of female voices drawn from classical, pop, jazz and multinational folk traditions.
At the heart of this Mediterranean program features Song of the Sibyl, a haunting medieval prophecy that has survived, almost unbroken, since the Middle Ages. Following a recent world premiere, Ellinida Sibylla reunites that ancient melody with the female, pagan voice it once displaced – an act of musical restoration centuries in the making.
Elsewhere throughout the program, fierce Corsican paghjella singing, plaintive laments, and songs from Epirus and Finland trace a hidden map of the Mediterranean's shared, tangled past.
Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval). Please note, running times are approximate and subject to change.
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Idrîsî Ensemble
Program
Herophile / Anon.
Ellinida Sibylla
Corsican Trad.
Kyrie Eleison
Old Roman chant
Qui Lazarum
Finnish trad.
Kaik mie ilot unohin
Corsican Trad.
Paghjella Orezzinca
Corsican Trad.
Li lais du Kievrefoel
Epirus Trad.
Αλησμονώ και χαίρομαι
Corsican Trad.
U Lamentu di Filicone
Corsican Trad. (arr. Thomas Fournil)
Dieus sal la terra
Majorcan Trad.
The Song of the Sibyl
Finnish Trad.
Tervetuloo
Epirus Trad.
Μαριόλα / Κλαίν’ οι πέρδικες στα πλάγια
Corsican Trad
Tribbiere
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