RASSEGNA GREGORIANA-musical review with Asiago-21 July 23, 2017 By the Cantori Gregoriani

Rassegna gregoriana "Gregorian chant and organ, the pillars of European culture" at Asiago-From 21 to July 23, 2017

The weekend of July 2017 21-22-23, Asiago welcomes talented Cantori Gregoriani for a weekend of music and Gregorian culture.

"Gregorian chant and organ, the pillars of European culture" is the title of this unique music festival, dedicated to lovers of Gregorian music and who want to embrace this kind of liturgical chant.

The first date of the Gregorian Festival will take place Friday, July 21, 2017, at 21 hours, at the Church of San Rocco di Asiago. The two concerts of Saturday 22 and Sunday, July 23, 2017, will be held at the same time, but at the Duomo San Matteo di Asiago.

I Cantori Gregoriani will be directed by Fulvio Rampi.

ADMISSION FREE

GREGORIAN REVIEW PROGRAM

Friday, July 21, 2017

• Hours 21.00-San Rocco, Asiago
  
  Simile est regnum coelorum
  The Evangelical parables in Gregorian chant
  CANTORI GREGORIANI
  Director: Fulvio Rampi

Saturday, July 22, 2017

• Hours 21.00-Cathedral St. Matthew, Asiago
  
  Et incarnatus est
  With Augustine and Gregorian chant in the mystery of Christ
  CANTORI GREGORIANI
  Director: Fulvio Rampi
  Narrator: Mario Baktash

Sunday, July 23, 2017

• Hours 21.00-Cathedral St. Matthew, Asiago
  
  The organ literature of ' 900 and improvisations on Gregorian themes
  Concert for organ and Gregorian chant
  Institution: Alessandro La Ciacera
  Gregorian parts: Cantori Gregoriani (dir. Fulvio Rampi)
  Narrator: Mario Baktash

To download the booklet with the songs that will be performed during concerts, click here

GREGORIAN CHANT

The Gregorian chant is the chant of the Western Christian tradition: a corpus of melodies on sacred texts to be used in strictly liturgical, handed down orally first, then, starting from the 9th-10th century, in writing. In order to create such a vast repertoire, among numerous hypotheses, the most likely find within it elements related to liturgical repertoires used up believe me? the unification created by Charlemagne and primarily to antique Roman and Gallican Repertory. The fact is that when it came to light the oldest manuscripts, this repertoire was sung, almost identical, in a vast geographic area, coinciding with the Carolingian Empire, which includes much of Europe today.

In this sense, the Gregorian chant is arguably the first example of "unification of Europe": cultural, political or economic unification, even before confermataci the manuscript tradition of later centuries. Indeed, in this respect, one may rightly speak of European unity, well over a thousand years ago and European culture found in Gregorian chant a valuable witness.

The tradition of Gregorian chant, echoing the ancient patristic Exegetical tradition symbolized by a distinguished figure of Augustine, you add the immense patrimony of organ literature, in order to propose today to tools capable of enhancing the peculiarity of this sacred repertoire.

CANTORI GREGORIANI

The "Cantori Gregoriani" in Cremona, professional ensemble directed by Fulvio Rampi, formed in 1985 with the statutory purpose to spread Gregorian chant through liturgical performances, concerts, recordings and, generally, all forms of artistic activity, are the protagonists of this artistic and cultural project, consisting of a series of three concerts in three consecutive days in the Cathedral of Saint Matthew and the Church of St. Rocco in Asiago.

Among the objectives of this project must be emphasized enhancing theorgan Ruffatti placed in the Duomo of Asiago and restored in 2006 thanks to the regional contribution.