Printemps Sacré
22 November France / Paris
"Through the themes of enjoyment, mourning and resurrection, the Irini Ensemble, creating unexpected links between East and West, puts into perspective sacred works by Heinrich Isaac, a true Bach of the Renaissance, and excerpts from Georgian Orthodox liturgy."
Sacred Motets by Heinrich Isaac | Georgian Orthodox Liturgy
Sacred Motets by Heinrich Isaac | Georgian Orthodox Liturgy
In 3 acts, the Irini Ensemble in octet a cappella tells a journey of initiation, between collapse and rebirth, on the Ariadne's thread of resilience.
Born in the crucible of the shocks and uncertainties of our time, between health and climatic crises, wars and identity withdrawal, Sacred Spring is an ode to life, to enjoyment and to hope.
This allegorical tale follows two fractured destinies.
The first is that of an exceptional composer: Isaac, a too often forgotten genius of the Franco-Flemish school, a competitor of Josquin, the last heir of Dufay and Binchois, who experienced the throes of war and the collapse of his world at the stake of Savonarola, and the long exile before the longed-for return to his Florence at the end of his life.
The first is that of an exceptional composer: Isaac, a too often forgotten genius of the Franco-Flemish school, a competitor of Josquin, the last heir of Dufay and Binchois, who experienced the throes of war and the collapse of his world at the stake of Savonarola, and the long exile before the longed-for return to his Florence at the end of his life.
The second, in mirror image, is that of a country continually shaken by war and invasion, whose musical heritage, recently consecrated by UNESCO, constitutes by its very existence an act of resistance.
With "Sacred Spring", the Irini Ensemble in octet, recounts these paths of mourning and return to Life, through works for 3, 4 and 6 voices of a refinement and subtlety never equalled.
Lila Hajosi - Director
Eulalia Fantova - Clémence Faber: mezzos
Julie Azoulay - Lauriane le Prev : contraltos
Matthieu Chapuis – Olivier Merlin : ténors
Guglielmo Buonsanti - Sébastien Brohier - basses
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