The Medieval Piper / Silke Gwendolyn Schulze
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silke-gwendolyn-schulze.com
Brilliant Classics 95566
2017
1. Virgen madre groriosa [2:55] ?Alfonso X
CSM 340
2. La seconde Estampie Royal [3:27] Anon.
3. Si ay perdut mon saber [1:46] Pons d'Ortafas
4. Comment que, pour l'eloignance [1:54] Jehan de Lescurel
5. Bel m'es quan sunt li fruit madur [2:11] Marcabru
6. Saltarello [0:57] Anon.
7. Che ti zova nascondere [1:58] Anon.
8. I' vo' bene [1:55] Gherardello da Firenze
?Alfonso X
9. Santa Maria amar [1:59]
CSM 7
10. Muito demostra a Virgen [1:33]
CSM 292
11. Como poden per sas culpas [0:55]
CSM 166
12. A chantar m'es al cor [2:24] Comtessa de Dia
Guillaume de Machaut
13. Sans cuer, dolent de vous departiray [4:02]
14. Dou mal qui m'a longuement [2:19]
15. Ave generosa [3:58] Hildegard von Bingen
16. Par un tres bel jour de mai [1:42] Jehan Erart
?Alfonso X
17. Non sufre Santa Maria [1:15]
CSM 159
18. Aquela que a seu Fillo [0:57]
CSM 258
19. Tant m'abelis ioys e amors e chans [1:44] Berenguier de Palazol
20. Trotto [1:16] Anon.
21. [Benedicamus sane per omnia] [2:24] Anon.
Hu 175
22. Quen a omagen da Virgen [3:46] ?Alfonso X
CSM 353
23. Dehors loncpre el boschel [1:29] ?Jehan Erart
24 Tant m'es plazens le mal d'amor [1:38] Guiraut Riquier
25. Como somos per conssello do demo perdudos [1:32] ?Alfonso X
CSM 119
SILKE GWENDOLYN SCHULZE
pipe and tabor/triangle • shawm • recorders • double recorder • douçaine
Recording: 17 and 18 March 2016, Peterskirche, Blansingen, Germany
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A specialist in wind instruments from the Medieval and Renaissance eras, Silke Gwendolyn Schulze takes listeners on a journey into the musical past of the courts and country fairs of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Though little direct evidence has come down to us about individual composers and the instruments they played, she combines painstaking research and a vivid musical imagination to recreate the world of the aristocratic singer–poets and itinerant musicians – the troubadours and minstrels – who were an important part of every facet of cultural life at the time.
Knowledge of these musicians’ social patterns, illustrations of instruments and manuscripts of vocal music and wordless dances have informed Schulze’s reconstruction of the theoretical repertoire of one imaginary Medieval piper – the songs he would have learned, memorised and performed for the entertainment of others.
She performs a varied programme of pieces, some by great names of Medieval music such as Hildegard von Bingen and Guillaume de Machaut, some by documented courtly troubadours like Jehan Erart and Guiraut Riquier, some even posited to be by the King of Castile and Leon himself, Alfonso el Sabio, using a wide array of period wind instruments including pipe & tabor, two tabor pipes, pipe & triangle, six-hole flute, recorder, double recorder, shawm and douçaine.
A fascinating program conjuring up the life of a medieval piper, travelling the country to entertain at Royal weddings, tournaments, religious councils, court sittings and annual fairs, carrying a plethora of melodies and instruments.
The pieces on this new recordings are based on vocal source material, which is mainly taken from the “Manuscrit du Roi”, the “Chansonnier de Vallière” and the “Cantigas de Santa Maria” collection. Taking the text and vocal forms that underpin them as starting point the artist instrumented some of the pieces based on the individual features and playability of the instruments in question. As many of the musical parameters are not notated down in the manuscripts much is left to free imagination and improvisation, no doubt fully in style with the original performances.
Silke Gwendolyn Schulze is specialized in the research and performance of Medieval music. She uses the following instruments: pipe, triangle, tabor, shawm, double recorder, douçaine.
— http://brilliantclassics.com/articles/t/the-medieval-piper/
