La Danserye

Saturday 6 July | Casa de las Chirimías (Music Tower), 9.30pm

This concert presents a selection of works from the MS 975 of the Biblioteca Manuel de Falla in Granada (E-GRmf 975), which is one of the few books that have been preserved for the use of groups of instrumentalists (ministriles) who served in secular and religious contexts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. From the music tower located at the Paseo de los Tristes, the instrumentalists entertained the walks of the Granada inhabitants and contributed to the urban soundscape. The ensembles used a variety of instruments to perform pieces in the vernacular, such as villancicos, chansons and madrigals.

Produced by the FEX, International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada

Sourcework, La Danserye, Schola Antiqua

Sunday 7 July | Real Monasterio de San Jerónimo, 9pm

The ensemble Sourcework, together with plainchant specialists Schola Antiqua and the wind band La Danserye, present the premier of Missa super octo tonos by Sebastián de Vivanco (1553?-1622). The musicians perform both the polyphony and plainchant from original notation, gathered around the choirbook, in a liturgy inspired by the opening of the academic year in Siglo de Oro Salamanca.

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Funded by the Boston College

With the collaboration of La Madraza UGR 

Produced by the FEX, International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada