The Elyma Ensemble from Switzerland provided one of the most delightful and animated concerts of the Fez Festival at the Batha Museum on Thursday afternoon.
Founded in 1981 by Argentine Gabriel Garrido, the ensemble specialises in music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. This afternoon they delighted the audience with a rendition of Monteverdi's Selva Morale Spirituale, written around 1640.
Gabriel Garrido
five male voicesThe ensemble comprises a group of five male voices, two sopranos and a fair number of musicians that were a tight fit under the oak tree at the museum. They performed some spiritual madrigals in Italian, then moved on to sacred songs, hymns, psalms and motets in Latin. There were some interesting instruments including a harp:
The Festival usually features a concert of Baroque music as it's so popular. This one, of slightly earlier music, was greatly appreciated by the audience.
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