Mare Balticum vol. I (Denmark)

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This programme presents the oldest extant music from Denmark: monodic and polyphonic Marian pieces preserved in the precious 15th century Copenhagen codex (including one of the first songs in Danish) and fragments of the unique 13th century office in the honour of Saint Knud Lavard. German Minnesänger Rumelant wrote songs about dramatic events at the Danish court (the murder of king Eric V Klippning by his own courtiers), and Michel Beheim described his journey to Denmark and Norway in the colourful song «Von meiner Mervart».
For this programme, the international ensemble Peregrina, directed by Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett, will be joined by one of the world’s leading medieval music performers and scholars – Benjamin Bagby (Sequentia).

ensemble Peregrina:
Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett - voice, sinfonia, direction
Kelly Landerkin - voice
Lorenza Donadini - voice
Hanna Järveläinen - voice
Baptiste Romain - vielle
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Benjamin Bagby - voice, harp

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MARE BALTICUM
The project Mare Balticum aims to present the medieval musical heritage of the Baltic Sea region in the 12th-15th centuries. It consists of four musical programmes, prepared in great detail, and employing the newest musicological, philological, historical and organological research. Each of these programmes presents the local character of a different coastal region of Balticum, its specific historical and cultural situation, its most important saints and rulers, and the Christian roots of the relevant country. They provide an insight into the local literature and musical repertories of medieval Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, and Poland; both Latin and the vernacular are represented, as well as the diversity of historical musical instruments used in those regions at the time. The project as a whole, however, aims to show something of the strong political and cultural connections between those medieval countries, their development over time, and the similarities between them--all of which are essential to our understanding of the common identity and history of Balticum, as is reflected to us through its centuries of music.