Sacer nidus
The Holy Nest
St. Adalbert, Bolesław I the Valiant, and Otto III in Music of the Middle Ages
ensemble Peregrina
Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett (AB) – voice, harp
Kelly Landerkin (KL) – voice
Baptiste Romain (BR) – vielle, lyre
Cristina Rosario (CR) – voice
Agnieszka Tutton (AT) – voice
Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett – direction
Instruments
Romanesque harp, Claus Hery Hüttel, Düren (D) 2001
vielle, Ugo Casalonga, Pigna (F) 2004
Alemannic lyre, Martin Uhlig, Leipzig (D) 2011
The CD “Sacer nidus” carries us away to Poland, to Gniezno, the “holy nest.” In the year 1000, Gniezno was the meeting place of Duke Bolesław I and Emperor Otto III, whose lives were closely connected with that of Saint Adalbert. The former bishop Adalbert had been sent by both rulers to spread the word of God among the pagans, died a short time afterwards as a martyr, and was elevated to sainthood in Rome.
His story and the associated political-religious consequences are reflected in numerous texts and in the music of the Middle Ages. The clear, pure singing of Ensemble Peregrina takes us along into the world of the songs, sequences, and hymns that were written not only in Poland, but also on Reichenau Island and in the Rhineland.
1. Bogurodzica
Marienlied, Polen, 12./13. Jh.
AB (Solo), KL, CR, AT
1:37
2. Alme presul
Responsorium aus dem Reimoffizium Benedic regem cunctorum, Gnesen, 13./14. Jh
KL (Solo), AB, CR, AT
3:23
3. O preclara Adalberti (instrumental)
BR (Vielle)
6:07
4. O preclara Adalberti
Sequenz, Gnesen, 14. Jh.
KL
3:06
5. Magnus cesar O o (modus oinc)
Lied, Rheinland, 11. Jh.
AB, KL, BR (Leier)
6:58
6. Annua recolamus
Sequenz, Reichenau, ca. 1001
AB (Solo - Text), KL (Solo - Neuma), CR, AT
5:27
7. Adalbertus presul (instrumental)
AB (Harfe), BR (Vielle)
3:18
8. Consurgat in preconia
Sequenz, Gnesen (?), 15. Jh.
AB, KL
5:20
9. Hac festa die (Improvisation)
BR (Leier)
2:14
10. Hac festa die
Sequenz, Gnesen, nach 1090
CR (Solo), AB (Solo), KL, AT
4:48
11. Beatus es (Improvisation)
BR (Vielle)
2:47
12. Alleluia. V. Beatus es
Gnesen, 16. Jh.
KL (Solo), AB, CR, AT
2:15
13. Salve sidus Polonorum
Sequenz, Gnesen (?), 14./15. Jh.
KL, AB, BR (Vielle)
9:55
14. Alleluia. V. Salve decus Polonie
Krakau, 15. Jh.
AB (Solo), KL, CR, AT
1:55
15. Fulget in templo legifer
Hymnus, Krakau, 15. Jh.
KL & AB (Soli), BR (Vielle), CR, AT
3:16
16. Omnis etas, omnis sexus
Planctus zum Tod von Bolesław Chrobry (1025)
Text: Gallus Anonymus, Chronik (I, 16), 12. Jh.
AB (Gesang & Harfe), BR (Vielle)
7:35
Total 70:02
