Amystis (ES) & Ministriles de la Reyna (ES)
Around the life of Tomás Luis de Victoria. Spanish Golden Age: The unknown Spanish polyphonists
Live broadcast: Radio Slovenija
Online streaming: Seviqc Brežice
Visitors must follow the instructions and recommendations of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) on the day of the event.
Welcome !
Amystis (ES)
Amystis was created by José Duce Chenoll in 2010 with the aim of sharing the passion for vocal and instrumental music from the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque. Since the beginning the group has combined musicological research with performing development, focussing its work in the recovery and dissemination of unpublished repertoire, composed by authors of Spanish origin throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Fruit of this work are his three record productions distributed internationally by Brilliant Classics: Moratales que amáis, Joan Baptista Cabanilles complete vocal music; O Pretiosum, music to the Blessed Sacrament by Juan Bautista Comes y Ecos del Parnaso, Spanish Madrigals, the latter nominated in the prestigious ICMA awards for best music recovery work. With the purpose of recreating sounds lost in time, Amystis has kept faithful to historically informed practises, since the respect to the origin and following the original sources of each era, although reinventing and exploring new forms that may please an always new public. www.amystis.com
Ministriles de la Reyna (ES)
In 2011, Javier Martos Carretero founded the group of minstrels Ministriles de la Reyna, celebrating his first concert for the Embassy of Spain in Canada, on December 8, 2011 in Ottawa. Later, his director, Javier Martos Carretero, changes his residence, sharing his personal and work life between two cities in different countries, Córdoba (Argentina) and Valencia (Spain). This situation, between two continents, was resolved by creating two teams of “Ministriles de la Reyna”, one in America and the other in Europe. The name “Ministriles de la Reyna” has its origin in the minstrels that were part of the Chapel of Music created by Queen Isabel la Católica for the service of the Court, in which it brought together the most outstanding artists of the moment, both from voices like minstrels. The term "minstrel" refers to the person who serves in a certain office, and in this case, to the person who serves playing an instrument. It is made up of minstrel wind instruments, such as the Renaissance cornet, minstrel trumpet, shawm, sackbut, dulzian, orlo and recorder.
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Artists’ message to visitors
Music has reflected the spirituality of the human being since the beginning of time. Any moment in the life of a social group is accompanied by music, so that it becomes a way of life, of understanding our environment, culture, and way of feeling. The centuries pass and the models change, but the problems of the human being and their desires are the same. Therefore, music can evoke those feelings, even through the centuries, because what was composed to move the soul of the human being through sounds cannot die, and therefore, it can maintain its effect through time. This connection to the past is what Amystis wants to share with you. Through our research and artistic proposal, we want to show you the life and spirituality of 16th century Spain. The music of the great polyphonists is the ideal way to open bridges between the spirit of people of different times.
The mission statement of the ensemble
For ten years now, both Ministriles de la Reyna and Amystis have been dedicated to recovering Spain's musical heritage. From the beginning, both groups have had a very defined line of work: to be faithful to the historical musical sources, to follow the musical practice described in the Spanish treatises of the period, to play original instruments and to be faithful to the study of the musical and literary text. This mission has been completed with the search for new repertoires. We know that the Spanish musical heritage remains, to a large extent, still hidden in archives halfway around the world, and especially in the archives of the American cathedrals.Our work does not only consist of musical archaeology, but we are committed to updating these repertoires and disseminating them throughout the world, so that the public can learn a little more about the legacy of Spanish culture.
Event programme
Bernardino Ribera (ca.1520-1580):
Defensor alme
(Catedral de Ávila)
Bernardino Ribera (ca.1520-1580):
Dimitte me ergo
Bernardino Ribera (ca.1520-1580):
Vox in Rama
Bernardino Ribera (ca.1520-1580):
Beata Mater
Juan Navarro (ca.1525-1580):
Ave Regina
Juan Navarro (ca.1525-1580):
(?) (prvič)
(Codex Santiago, 1616)
Juan Navarro (ca.1525-1580):
Ecce ascendimus Hierosolimam (prvič)
(Codex Santiago, 1616)
Juan Navarro (ca.1525-1580):
Laboravi in gemitu meo (prvič)
(Codex Santiago, 1616)
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Juan Navarro (ca.1525-1580):
Simile est regnum (prvič)
(Codex Santiago, 1616)
Juan Navarro (ca.1525-1580):
Erat Iesus eiiciens daemonium (prvič)
(Codex Santiago, 1616)
Sebastián de Vivanco (1551-1622):
Magnificat primi toni
Liber Magnificarum, Salamanca, 1607
Sebastián de Vivanco (1551-1622):
Sanctorum Meritis
(Catedral de Ávila)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611):
Caligaverunt oculi mei
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611):
Ave Maria a 8
(prvič): premiere in modern times
Brežice, Brežice Castle
Brežice Castle is a splendid example of fortified Renaissance castle architecture on a plain with four mighty round defence towers and spacious courtyard. Interior of fortified castle has lavished baroque paintings.
