Printemps Sacré - vivre/mourir/renaître

In 3 acts, the Irini Ensemble in octet a c appella 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 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