Canto Coronato is a vocal and instrumental ensemble devoted to the performance of polyphonic music from the 13th to the 15th centuries. Founded and directed by David Catalunya, the group showcases the virtuosity and the rhetorical power that is inherent in late medieval polyphony. With a view to exploring the threshold where historical knowledge ends and creativity begins, Canto Coronato approaches original sources with a high degree of interpretation and experimentation.

 

Since 2006 Canto Coronato has performed at the most renowned festivals and in concert halls throughout Europe. In 2016-17 Canto Coronato presents a new program on the Las Huelgas Codex, which includes music from new sources of medieval polyphony recently discovered in Spain, France and Germany. The Festival Laus Polyphoniae 2016 (Antwerp, Belgium) is hosting the production and the premiere performance of this program.

 

Listen

Johannes Ciconia, Le ray au soleyl

Matteo da Perugia, Gloria (at 1:50)

 

Codex Las Huelgas, Claustrum pudicie 

(live - Antwerp Festival Laus Polyphoniae 2016)

 

'Solmization Song' - Canto Coronato live - Antwerp 2016

 

Jacopo da Bologna, Non al su' amante

 

Istanpitta: Tre fontane



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