Gardens of Delight

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The three members of The Telling beguilingly entwine their Siren-like voices with the delicate plucked strings of the medieval harp…The vocal colours of the two principal singers complement each... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 11th Jan 2019
Catalogue No: FHR068
Label: First Hand
Length: 64 minutes

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anon.: La rosa enflorese

Work length3:55

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The Telling
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

anon.: Pues que tu reina del cielo [15th century, Cancionero de Palacio]

Work length2:57

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The Telling
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

Pues que tu reina del cielo

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Alfonso X: Cantigas de Santa Maria

Work length3:41

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Clare Norburn, Ariane Prüssner
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

Cantigas de Santa Maria: No. 10, Rosa das Rosas

Track length3:41

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Machaut: De tout flors

Work length4:06

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Leah Stuttard
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

anon.: Plus bele que flors / Quant revient / L'autrier jouer / Flos Filius Eius

Work length2:47

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The Telling
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

Plus bele que flor - Quant revient - L’autrier joer - Flos

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anon.: O virgo pia - Lis ne glay - Amat [Cambrai A410]

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The Telling
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

O virgo pia - Lis ne glai - Amat

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anon.: Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu

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The Telling
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

Ther Is No Rose of Swych Virtu

Track length4:33

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anon.: Ad rose titulum [14th century, Cambridge Gonville and Caius]

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Leah Stuttard
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

Ad rose titulum

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Ciconia: O Rosa bella

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The Telling
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

anon.: Laude novella sia cantata [Italy, 13th Century]

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The Telling
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

Laude novella sia cantata

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Teramo: Un fiore gentile m'apparse

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The Telling
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

anon.: Der Winter will hin weichen [Lochamer Liederbuch, ca. 1460]

Work length3:17

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Ariane Prüssner, Leah Stuttard
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

Der Winter will hin weichen

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anon.: Unter den Linden [12th-13th century, ca. 1170-1230]

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Clare Norburn, Leah Stuttard
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

Unter den Linden

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Hildegard: Ave generosa

Work length7:11

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Leah Stuttard, Clare Norburn
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

Hildegard: Ordo Virtutum

Work length5:15

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The Telling
Recorded: 10-12 January 2018
Recording Venue: St Mary Magdalene, Sherborne, UK

Ordo virtutum: Procession

Track length5:15

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'Gardens of Delight' is the first in a series of new recordings from the popular Medieval ensemble The Telling. This beautiful and interesting album features songs associated with flowers from the composers Guillaume de Machaut, Johannes Ciocnia, Antonio Zacara da Teramo and Hildegard of Bingen.

References to lilies and roses and many other flowers abound in both secular and sacred texts that were set to music from across European medieval repertoire from the 12th to the early 15th century. These two flowers in particular provided a rich symbolism: lilies represented purity and brightness in a sacred context and roses are often used to represent love, either secular or sacred. Both flowers were strongly associated with the Virgin Mary ? the lily particularly is associated with the annunciation, the biblical scene in which the Angel Gabriel appears to Mary to announce that she will give birth. Countless painting and altarpieces show Gabriel presenting a lily to Mary for example.

The Telling has a growing reputation for creating intimate, staged concerts to bring medieval music off the page and reach wider audiences. Formed in 2009, The Telling draw from a pool of leading musicians who perform for the Society of Strange & Ancient Instruments, I Fagiolini, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Carnival Band and The Dufay Collective

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April 2019

The three members of The Telling beguilingly entwine their Siren-like voices with the delicate plucked strings of the medieval harp…The vocal colours of the two principal singers complement each other well: Clare Norburn’s clear, silvery bell-like soprano just the foil for Ariane Prüssner’s resonant, wine-dark tones…There is an expressive ardour to these performances that is hard to resist.

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