Possessed Ex Silentio

• 1Psalm 12102:11
• 2La Ditie de Jehanne d'Arc03:29
• 3O Deusa Dos Orixas (arr. H. Brough for 2 voices and instruments)03:01
• 4Stu Pettu e Fattu Cimbalu d'Amuri04:24
• 5Canarios - Vassi d'Iansa02:52
• 6Ya Toda Me Entregue y Di03:15
• 7Pizzica Nardo01:20
• 8Nao tragais borzeguis pretos02:23
• 9Spellsong01:56
• 10Ecclesie militantis (excerpt)01:37
• 11Fandango03:37
• 12Tarantella del Gargano04:54
• 13Tamburello Solo02:01
• 14Nunc aperuit nobis01:53
• 15Fortune my foe, P. 62 (arr. as Witchcraft Discovered and Punished)08:38
• 16Pizzica Tarentata03:01
• 17Flying Down to Rio Music Makes Me (arr. H. Brough for 2 voices and instruments)03:24
• Total Runtime53:56

Info zu Possessed

Internationally acclaimed early music ensemble, eX, presents POSSESSED, a musical journey through the mysterious world of possession. Featuring medieval, renaissance, baroque and traditional music, POSSESSED explores Christian ecstatic trance as experienced by Hildegard von Bingen, Teresa of Avila and Joan of Arc, demonic possession of the Salem witches, initiation rites of the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé and a musical exorcism performed to the wild rhythms of the Tarantella.

“eX’s Possessed is a tour de force - instrumental and vocal brilliance combined to extraordinary effect.” (The Works, RTÉ TV)

“The music was of the highest international standard with beautiful singing and most infectious instrumental playing... early music of this sort has such a strong immediate appeal and eX is the only Irish-based group to present it – and to such a very high standard.” (Tim Thurston, Lyric FM)

Caitríona O’Leary, voice
Clara Sanabras, voice, guitar
Steve Player, guitars
Paulina van Laarhoven, treble & bass viols
Harvey Brough, guitar, psalter
Andrea Piccioni, frame drums & percussion
Francesco Turrisi, frame drums & percussion

Recorded June 2010, St. Peter’s Church of Ireland, Drogheda, Ireland
Recored by John Hadden, Adrian Hart and Mick Heffernan
Edited & Mastered by Jonas Niederstadt, Berlin 2013

Ex Silentio
was founded in 2001 by Dimitris Kountouras and Markellos Chryssikopoulos. Varying from two up to seven musicians, the ensemble is equally at home with late medieval, renaissance as well as with baroque repertoire while is providing contemporary music projects as well, often connected with early music. Being one of the few greek ensembles specializing on early music and historical performance practice, Ex Silentio has given numerous concerts in several European countries like in Greece, Germany, Italy, Holland, Austria etc. The ensemble collaborates regularly with the mezzo soprano Theodora Baka and the counter tenor Nikos Spanos.

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