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Accademia del Piacere and Fahmi Alqhai
Música para los Duques de Medina Sidonia
For the members of the Sevillian group Accademia del Piacere and their director, viola da gamba player Fahmi Alqhai, bringing the songs of the Cancionero Musical de la Colombina (Colombina Songbook) to life has been an honour and something they feel they were predestined to do. Particularly so, as it is believed to have been played in Seville by one of the world’s first known viola da gamba consorts. The group’s musicians have immersed themselves in the impassioned music of Juan de Triana and the unique style of Andalusian polyphony that existed during the Age of Discovery, and have gone to great care to reproduce the creative improvisational practices seen amongst instrumentalists of the time. […]