La flor en Paradis

The Spanish ensemble Tasto Solo led by Guillerm Pérez will introduce listeners to the mystical world of medieval monasteries, chapters and universities, ie the environment of period religious and intellectual elites. For his first Prague performance, the ensemble chose works from the second half of the 13th century, which will be performed in a unique combination of voice (Anne-Kathyn Olsen), Organetta and Fiduly. The repertoire for this dramaturgical pearl comes, for example, from the famous and illuminations richly decorated with Codex Montpellier or Codex Las Huelgas, which was created for the "spiritual family" of the religious in the Cistercian monastery in Burgos. profane world, sequence, "organum fleuri" or instrumental dances… Concert in the Basilica of St. Peter and Paul at Vyšehrad will decorate the festival program in accordance with the statement of the French theorist Johannes de Groche (about 1300): "This type of music should not be played in front of an ordinary audience because it cannot appreciate its refinement and be happy.