The Silk Road - Book + 2 CD

Performers

CAPELLA DE MINISTRERS
CARLES MAGRANER, direction

Mara Aranda, Elia Casanova, Iman Kandoussi

Carles Magraner, viella, rabel & viols

Jota Martínez, hurdy-gurdy, organistrum, otoman lute, bulgari, setar, baglama, san-xian, riq & shofar 

Robert Cases, harp, lute & plectrum viol

Eduard Navarro, guan zi, düdük, shawns, chalumeau & cornamuse 

Pau Ballester, percussions

Collaborate: 

Cheng Yu, pipe (China)

Sazed Ul Alam, sitar, ghatam & table (India) 

Kaveh Sarvarian, persian nay & tombak (Iran) 

Aziz Samsaoui, ud, qanun & zaz çura (Morocco)

LLUIS VICH VOCALIS

Natxo de Lekerika, Jesús Ruiz de Cenzano, Jesús Navarro, Santiago Abril, Vicente Abril, tenors 

José Luís Vicente, Agustí Casanova, Pau Ferrer, Ximo Martí, baritons

Contents

CD1:

I - Serinda or the Country of the Seres

From the land of silk in the Far East to Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire

Dunhuang Mogao. La Ruta de la Seda en los templos budistas (China). Manuscritos Dunhuang de la dinastía Tang (siglo x)

Resham. Sitar de seda. Raga de la península de Indostán (siglo XII) 

Kārwānsarā. El Camino Real (Persia)

In sericis procedere. Antifonario de Estambul (c.1360)

II. The arrival of Al-Andalus

The Muslim conquest of the ancient Silk Road

Luna nueva. Poema de Al-Hallay (Al-Bayda 857-Bagdad 922)

Ya Wahid Alghid. Moaxakha de Egipto

Tawn al-hamama. Meçaddar Zidane. El collar de la paloma de Ibn Hazm (Xàtiva, 1023)

Rachika Alkad. Canción granhatí argelina

III - Marco Polo

The great Eastern cities on the Silk Road in the East in the 13th century

Danza y canción persa. Zur / Ey mahe man 

Yizhou - Cui Lingqin. Il Milione. Libro de las maravillas del mundo

La toscana. Saltarello. Manuscrito italiano del siglo xiv 

Άξιον Εστίν - Πατριαρχικόν. Canto bizantino

Cathay. El viaje de Marco Polo

CD2:

IV. Byzantium to Italy

The Art of Silk travels from Byzantium to the northern Italian cities: Venice, Florence and Genoa

Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός. Cantiga de Bizancio. CSM 265, siglo xiii

Perla mya cara. Lauda italiana (Códice Cordiforme, c.1475)

Tarz-I Cihân Saz Semâis. Danza tradicional otomana

Vernans Rosa. Monasterio de S. Colombano di Bobbio 

V. Jewish and Converso silk workers

Heirs of the Muslim tradition throughout the Christian Mediterranean

La galana y el mar. Romance sefardí (Tradicional de Salónica)

Açoch. Danza de las tres culturas

VI - The Cantigas

Troubadours and trouvèrs. Occitania, Castile, Galicia and Portugal

A la vora de la mar. Tradicional (Valencia/Cataluña)

Brocat i dança. Cantiga de Santa María (CSM 41/119, siglo XIII)

Un fil de soie. Bele Yolanz. Chanson de toile (Trobairitz anónima siglo XIII)

Cantiga de la seda. Cantiga de Santa María (CSM 18, siglo XIII)

VII. The Crown of Aragon

Silk in the 15th century in the Crown of Aragon: the silk company of Barcelona, the Art de Velluters and the Lonja de Valencia

Mandilatos. Danza tradicional de Tracia

Al jorn del judici. El cant de la Sibil·la 

Multimedia

Reviews

• LA RUTA DE LA SEDA. EARLY MUSIC REVIEW, 11/02/18
• SILK SKIES FROM ORIENT TO VALENCIA. DOCE NOTAS, 04/05/18
• CAPELLA DE MINISTRERS' TRAVELS DOWN THE SILK ROAD, 10/06/2018
• THE MUSIC OF THE SILK ROAD

Human beings have always moved from place to place and traded with their neighbours, exchanging goods, skills and ideas throughout history. These vast networks carried more than just merchandise and precious commodities however: the constant movement and mixing of populations also brought about the transmission of knowledge, ideas, cultures and beliefs, which had a profound impact on the history and civilizations. Travellers along the Silk Roads were attracted not only by trade but also by the intellectual and cultural exchange that was taking place in cities along the Silk Roads, many of which developed into hubs of culture and learning. The Silk Roads, also routes of dialogue, illustrate the transformative dimension of the collective and individual interactions, which generated the considerable common heritage alongside Silk Roads. These Roads shed light on the complexities of the mutual influences and provides a good framework to better understanding the modalities of intercultural dialogue and the plural identities in different parts of the world. This idea is essential to facilitate the dialogue between East and West, to facilitate exchanges of experiences and develop a common understanding of various aspects of this history through the concept of interculturality, common heritage, cultural diversity and plural identity.

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