Music Before 1800 | CANTIGAS: Songs of Mystic Spain

CANTIGAS: Songs of Mystic Spain
Boston Camerata

Like contemporary America, Spain in the Middle Ages was a nation of diverse religions and cultures. In the 13th-century, Alfonso X the Wise (1221-1284) called himself "King of the Three Religions," and welcomed Jewish, Christian, and Muslim musicians, artists, and thinkers to his multi-ethnic court. This concert program is an attempt to recreate the unique musical, poetic, and spiritual climate of Iberia in the 13th-century. Using King Alfonso's magnificent collection of songs to the Virgin Mary as its central element, the Camerata weaves Jewish and Islamic elements around the Christian songs. The performers, all recognized experts in their fields of medieval and/or Andalusian music, come from the different musical and religious traditions that made up the court orchestra of the Wise King.

Seating for this intimate performance will be in the round by section: premium, general, and rear.