The Ensemble Aedes’ guest for this programme is Rocío Márquez, the most famous flamenco cantaora of her generation. Together we explore the most intimate of emotions on a journey which takes us beyond the limitations of culture or genre into a universal human language of cries and prayers.

Programme in 3 acts

Desolation
Jean-Philippe RAMEAU Ah! loin de rire
Rocío MARQUEZ Taranta de la Siega
Johann HERMANN SCHEIN Da Jakob vollendet hatte (from Israelsbrüennlein)
Fabien TOUCHARD Una canción de guerra (world creation)
Rocío MARQUEZ Bambera Moribunda (arrangement by Stéphane Mège)
Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA Suite de Lorca
Iannis XENAKIS Nuits and Seguiriya with a traditional flamenco piece

Contemplation
Gregorio ALLEGRI Miserere (extracts)
Rocío MARQUEZ Llegar a la meta
Samuel BARBER Agnus Dei

The torments of love
Johannes Hieronymus KAPSBERGER Passacaille en La
Claudio MONTEVERDI Lamento della Ninfa
Rocío MARQUEZ El Último Organito
Kurt BIKKEMBERGS Historietas del viento II
Anonymous Passacaglia della vita
Rocío MARQUEZ Tierra y Centro (arrangement by Stéphane Mège)