HESPERION XXI

In het Turks betekenen de woorden Bal (honing) en Kan (bloed), waarmee kernachtig een gebied (van Italië tot Bosporus) wordt omschreven met een zeer bewogen geschiedenis. In het prachtige boek wordt kernachtig de zeer bewogen geschiedenis van de Balkan door de eeuwen heen beschreven. Hierbij hoort een grote verscheidenheid aan muziek. Jordi Savall heeft veertig musici uitgenodigd voor een veelzijdige muziekreis door de Balkan waarbij ook muziek is opgenomen van de zigeuners en de Sefardische Joden die in dit gebied wonen. Samen met Hespèrion XXI en de vele gastmusici ligt er een groots en uniek boekwerk voor u klaar, om intens van te genieten.


Bal-kan: Honey & Blood
Cycles of Life
Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall

The name of the Balkans has an unusually graphic etymology: having discovered the beauty of this pivotal part of Europe, which stretches from Italy to the Bosphorous, and the ruggedness of its people, who put up fierce resistance to invasion, the Turks chose to describe ̀the region with the words Bal (Honey) and Kan (Blood). Honey & Blood: never was there so apt a metaphor! So much richness and drama packed into such a small area is guaranteed to fire the imagination of historians and artists, especially musicians.

Thanks to the magic of an ambitious programme built around the cycles of life, Jordi Savall invites us to travel the length and breadth of a region which has always had more than its share of human and historical drama. 230 minutes of music scan the full range of human emotions illuminated by 1001 different musical traditions, all of which nevertheless spring from a common source.

"The future belongs to those with the longest memory", wrote Nietzsche. Once more, Jordi Savall brilliantly demonstrates that music is a key component of the collective memory that enables us to face our future. This lavishly documented CD-Book, translated into 12 languages, is a must for any self-respecting collector. Fans of Jordi Savall's comprehensive documentary editions will need little prompting.

PROGRAMMA
CD 1:
UNIVERSE, ENCOUNTERS & DESIRES
1. Tzigan nota (improvisation au style Tsigane) 5’27
2. Alef, Mem, shin 6’52
3. Marche Ottomane (Camtemir 209) 2’19
4. Emina 8’08
5. Doina Olteniasca – Hora Láutareascá (Rumania) 6’12
6. Kadona sedi v bachona I 5’26
7. Kadona sedi v bachona II 3’28
SPRING : BIRTH, DREAMS & CELEBRATIONS
8. Egy veleg Chanson et danse (dans le style des Tsiganes de Budapest) 8’15

9. Berceuses : Hajda lilibe (Romania, Moldva) Sleep, sleep, my darling (Yidish) 5’00

10. Intro. & Gulubovska Ruchenica (Dansa de Trachea) 4’24
11. Milo mou kai mandarini - Konial 3'39
12. Küçüksu’da Gördüm seni 3'55
13. Moma e moma rodila 4'48
14. Vrcavo Kolo (Serbie) 2'29
15 Dui dui, demonori 6'38
Total Time: 77’10
CD 2:
SUMMER: ENCOUNTERS, LOVE & MARRIAGE
1. Doãna Olteniasca (Rumania) Música Tsigane (instr.) 3’43
2. Zapjevata sojka ptika - Ramizem Bosnie & Turquie 4’24
3. Chanson de Mariage 3’52
4. Selfo (Albanie & Grèce) 3’53
5. Godini ludi mladi Macédoine 5’22
6. Gidem dedim aman 1’46
7. Hermoza muchachica (séfarade) 4’01
8. Koniali 3’42
FALL: MEMORY, MATURITY & TRAVEL
9. Elment a két lány 4’02
10. Dök Zülfünü meyoana gel T.Mustafa Cavus 4’25
11. Intro & Slivensko Paidushko Horo (center Trachea) 5’41
12. Yasemi mou. Chanson de Chypre 4'40
13. Remembering Dijon (Bora) 3'39
14. De man daei moi te peau (Tcha) 6'54
15. A csitari hegyek alatt (instr.)Tsigane 3'46
16. Ah! sto çemo 9'32
Total Time: 73’30
CD 3:
WINTER: SPIRITUALITY, SACRIFICE, EXILE & DEATH
1. Et Sharey Ratzon 6’35
2. Serbian Pot-pourri: Stani, Stani Ibar Vodo 8’25
3. Taksim & Gazel poème de Fuzuli (impro.) 5’00
4. Zaplakala e vdovitsa (Bulgarie) 3’43
5. Hung-Rom Tzig- Tzigan nota 5’22
6. Sarhos - Ime Tze 3’22
7. Pastirska Elegija (traditionnel serbe) 3’36
8. Danse Urbaine (traditionnel serbe) 1’33
9. Kradem ti se u veceri 5’16
10. Serbian Accordeon 2’25
11. Ben bir goámen 4’23
12. Midnight Elegy (Serbie) 3’26
13. Funeral song 2’42
14. Shuvi nav shi 5’57
15. Plainte de l’Exil (traditionnel arménien) 3’27
(RE)CONCILIATION
16. Torah (juif) 1’55
17. Apo xeno meros (traditionnel grec) 1’23
18. Üsküdar (traditionnel turc) 1’17
19. Oj Javore Javore (Serbie centrale) 1’53
20. Durme hermosa donzella - romance séfarade 3’06
21. Instrumental tzigane (lent – rapide) 1’53
22. Tutti (lent-rapide) 2’19
Total Time: 79'11