Tenebrae Lessons and Indian Nocturnes

Medieval chanting and Indian raga MONIQUE ZANETTI, soprano DOMINIQUE VELLARD, tenor KEN ZUCKERMAN, sarod JONATHAN DUNFORD, viola da gamba SYLVIA ABRAMOWICZ, viola da gamba CLAIRE ANTONINI, theorbo DOMINIQUE SERVE, organ The archaic and revived musical culture of the European Middle Ages, and the traditional music of North India, ancient, but still alive. Common features bring together these two worlds separated by space and time. 1. ••••• D mode 2. Natali regis gloria: conductus (12th century). Composition and improvisation in the same mode 3. ••••• F mode 4. Llena de pena Maria: traditional Spanish lament – Extremadura 5. ••••• mode of C 6. Raga Pahari: traditional Indian 7. Alleluia, angelus Domini: Gregorian chant 8. Raga Man Khammaj: traditional Indian 9. Bonté sen valours: ballad of Jehan de Lescurel – early 14th century 10. ••••• Mi mode 11. O splendidissima gemma: antiphon by Hildegard von Bingen – 12th century 12. Râga Bhai