I Muvrini - Magic from Corsica.There were only five of them - a band from Corsica named after the small wild sheep of their home country, I Muvrini - but within moments of them beginning their performance, the audience at the Batha Museum in Fez knew that they were in for something special. The polyphonic harmonies produced by the four singers had a depth and earthy purity, while taking the listener to somewhere ethereal. Pure magic.
The first bracket of songs - Salve, Requiem, Kierie, Agnus Dei, Terzettu and Moita - were a perfect demonstration of the transcendent qualities of the human voice where the whole was greater than a sum of the parts. The addition of the cello was also superb.
Later in the concert Jean-François Bernardini was engaging in his spoke word contributions as well as the lighter material that he had written himself. But it was the spiritual material that the audience responded to with the most feeling - with one exception. This was the Corsican version of kareoke... where the audience followed cue cards and sang along. It was one of the few times we have ever heard an audience manage to sing in almost perfect harmony!
Corsican karaoke?
The first bracket of songs - Salve, Requiem, Kierie, Agnus Dei, Terzettu and Moita - were a perfect demonstration of the transcendent qualities of the human voice where the whole was greater than a sum of the parts. The addition of the cello was also superb.
Later in the concert Jean-François Bernardini was engaging in his spoke word contributions as well as the lighter material that he had written himself. But it was the spiritual material that the audience responded to with the most feeling - with one exception. This was the Corsican version of kareoke... where the audience followed cue cards and sang along. It was one of the few times we have ever heard an audience manage to sing in almost perfect harmony!
Corsican karaoke?
Fouzi Skali and festival president Mohammed Kabbaj enjoying the karaoke.The Bernardini brothers were introduced to traditional Corsican music at an early age by their father, Ghjuliu, who was a well known poet and singer. They recorded their first single with their father in collaboration with the group Canta u Populu Corsu. Ghjuliu Bernardini died in December 1977 and I Muvrini's first album, I Muvrini ... ti ringrazianu, which was released in 1979, was dedicated to their father's memory.
In 2000, I Muvrini joined up with Sting to record the their most famous song, "Terre d'Oru" (English: Fields of Gold).
Throughout their career they have promoted the Corsican language and culture and have produced over twenty-one albums.
Fouzi Skali chats with oud player Yuval Ron who performed on Monday
Fred Sola enjoying the concert with Catherine.Tags: Moroccan Morocco Fes, Maghreb news
1 comment:
I find Corsican singers so amazing! I always feel a lot of emotion when I hear them! It's so beautiful and pure! It gives me always a chilly sensation...I wish I have been there to listen to them and also to see them, cause the way they sing is really particular! Viva Corsica! ;)
Eva from Hauptstadtreisen
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