One of the best known poets and composers of the Middle Ages was Neidhart von Reuental. While his contemporaries were immersed in the idealistic world of courtly love, Neidhart set his pieces in the rural and pastoral context. The noble audiences of his time must have had enjoyed themselves enormously, listening to stories of villagers trying to emulate noblemen in the refined ars amandi. Thus, songs by Neidhart were widely known and particularly appreciated at the courts of the 13th and 14th centuries. The programme features the earliest treasures of the Minnesang heritage, coming from the so-called Frankfurt fragments dated around 1300 AD, i.e. the earliest source of Neidhart’s songs. The programme will be performed on the instruments from the era when these pieces were written.
Ensemble Leones, fot. archiwum zespołu
Forum Musicum
NEIDHART - STORIES FROM ‘THE VALLEY OF TEARS’
15.08.2015
Sat.
8:00 PM
National Museum, Wroclaw
Programme:
der han – utwór instrumentalny
Neidhart (ok. 1190 – ok. 1240) Mir ist vmmaten leyde
Neidhart Ich claghe de blomen und de wnnenclichen zit
clausula – utwór instrumentalny
Neidhart Sinc eyn gulden hoen der munich – utwór instrumentalny
Neidhart Willekome eyn somerweter suze
Der tugendhafte Schreiber (I poł. XIII w.) Guoten wip wol iuch der eren
muteta viellatoris – utwór instrumentalny
Neidhart Svmmer vnde winder
der hedamerschol – utwór instrumentalny
Walther von der Vogelweide (ok. 1170 – ok. 1230) Vil wol ghelovter got
Performers:
Ensemble Leones:
Els Janssens-Vanmunster – vocal
Baptiste Romain – fiddle, bagpipes
Marc Lewon – vocal, lute, fiddle, artistic director
Venue:
National Museum, Wroclaw