Ratas del viejo Mundo
A[R]MOUR: Binchois, Busnois, Ockeghem
Mary of Burgundy was the last of the Burgundian duchesses. At the time of her death in 1482, Lithuanian knights were conquering colossal territories, turning the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into the largest state in Europe. Ratas del Viejo Mundo combines Burgundian repertoire with age-old, orally transmitted Lithuanian traditionals. Countless attempts by later rulers to eradicate this repertoire failed, giving the music and the ancient language in which it is embedded an extra dimension of mysticism.
Première commissioned by AMUZ