Composers of the late Middle Ages, who were most often poets too, began to look for ways to illustrate texts. At the beginning they appeared in the form of onomatopoeic imitation of the sounds of musical instruments and birdsong. That’s how the French wrote this music. Italians, on the other hand, created special musical forms for narrating scenes from everyday life. In their music, we find hunts, pictures of different times of the day and scenes from shepherds’ work. Artists with considerable virtuosity will lead us to the world of imagination.

Music of the 14th Century
Anonymous La Quinte Estampie Real
Anonymous Or sus, sous dormez trop – virelai (Codex d’Ivrea)
Borlet He, tres doulz roussignol – virelai and Ma trédol rossignol – virelai (Chantilly Codex)
Anonymous La Seste Estampie Real
J. Vaillant Par maintes fois – virelai (Chantilly Codex)
G. de Machaut Rose lys, printemps – rondeau
Anonymous La Tierche Estampie Real
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Anonymous Salterello
Ghirardello da Firenze Tosto che l’alba – caccia (Squarcialupi Codex)
A. Stefani I’ sentì un matutino – ballata (Mancini Codex)
Anonymous Trotto
Lorenzo da Firenze Dolgo mi a voi – madrigal (Squarcialupi Codex)
Niccolò da Perugia Da poi che'l sole – caccia
Vincenzo da Rimini Gridavan li pastor – madrigal (Squarcialupi Codex)
Anonymous Gaetta
Maestro Piero Or qua, compagni – caccia
Giovanni da Cascia Agnel son biancho e vo belando – madrigal (Squarcialupi Codex)
Anonymous Salterello
Antonio Zacchara da Teramo Cacciando per gustar – caccia (Squarcialupi Codex)
French dances from the manuscript Chansonnier du Roi, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2nd half of the 13th c. Italian dances from the manuscript Lo Add. 29987, London, British Library, 14th/15th c.
Ars Cantus:
Monika Wieczorkowska – voice
Radosław Pachołek – voice
Maciej Gocman – voice
Piotr Karpeta – voice
Tomasz Dobrzański – artistic director, citola, bagpipe, pipes, tabor, tuntun
Paweł Iwaszkiewicz – bagpipe, recorder
Agnieszka Obst-Chwała – fiddle, mandora
Ewa Prawucka – chest organ
Loud Music
Ars contrapuncti diminuti