Toutes les nuits Dulces Exuviae, Romain Bockler, Bor Zuljan

• Philippe Verdelot (1480 - 1530):
• 1Verdelot: O dolce nocte02:10
• Bartolomeo Tromboncino (1470 - 1535):
• 2Tromboncino: Tu dormi, io veglio01:44
• Francisco Guerrero (1528 - 1599):
• 3Guerrero: Si la noche haze escura03:16
• Jean-Paul Paladin (1500 - 1566):
• 4Paladin: Fantaisie I02:39
• Anonyme:
• 5Anonyme: Estas noches a tan largas03:09
• Diego Pisador (1509 - 1557):
• 6Pisador: Si la noche haze escura02:30
• Anonyme:
• 7Anonyme: La nocte quando03:24
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594):
• 8Palestrina: Che non fia che giammai03:09
• Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594):
• 9Lasso: Toutes les nuitz, LV 14902:57
• Clément Janequin (1485 - 1558):
• 10Janequin: Toutes les nuictz02:47
• Thomas Crecquillon (1505 - 1557):
• 11Crecquillon: Toutes les nuycts02:10
• 12Crecquillon: Toutes les nuyctz02:12
• Jean-Paul Paladin:
• 13Paladin: Fantaisie II02:28
• Thomas Crecquillon:
• 14Crecquillon: Si pour amans la lune est importune02:10
• Juan Vasquez (1500 - 1560):
• 15Vasquez: Salga la luna02:47
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina:
• 16Palestrina: Deh hor foss’io col vago della luna02:36
• Anonyme:
• 17Anonyme: Ay Luna que reluzes01:48
• Jean-Paul Paladin:
• 18Paladin: Fantaisie IV03:57
• Josquin Desprez (1455 - 1521):
• 19Desprez: Et trop penser, NJE 27.903:22
• Orlando di Lasso:
• 20Lasso: La nuyct froide et sombre, LV 57803:44
• Anonyme:
• 21Anonyme: Da poi nocte vien la luce02:29
• Jean-Paul Paladin:
• 22Paladin: Fantaisie III03:28
• Pierre de Manchicourt (1510 - 1554):
• 23Manchicourt: Voiez le jour01:59
• Anonyme:
• 24Anonyme: Al alba venid03:20
• Paul McCartney (b. 1942), John Lennon (1940 - 1980):
• 25McCartney, Lennon: Blackbird02:33
• Total Runtime01:08:48

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In nocte consilium - the night brings counsel. Poets have always found the night to be a time of appeasement; for astronomers it is a long-awaited moment to observe the stars and planets. Mystics, however, have spent entire nights searching for the enigmatic signs of a divine presence. This programme forms a journey from dusk to dawn and guides us through various nights as described by several composers of the 16th century: we travel from hope to absence, from the sweetness of love’s dream to the chills of eternal night; the clear light of the moon nonetheless guides lovers to their reunion and our journey ends in the light of the first rays of the sun. Janequin, Lassus, Palestrina, Guerrero and their Franco-Flemish, Italian and Spanish colleagues lead us as we explore these nights, sometimes dark and terrifying, sometimes radiant with starlight, tranquil, and filled with love.

Dulces Exuviae
Romain Bockler, baritone
Bor Zuljan, lute

Romain Bockler
studied at the CNSMD in Lyon, where he obtained his Master's degree with honours, then at the Studio de l'Opéra de Lyon, which he joined in 2015-16, as well as with Cécile de Boever, Rosa Dominguez, Margreet Honig and Yves Sotin.

He has distinguished himself in several international competitions: Teatro San Cassiano Prize at the Voci Olimpiche International Competition in Vicenza (Italy), finalist at the Corneille International Competition in Rouen, First Prize at the International Baroque Singing Competition in Froville, Second Distinction at the International Early Music Vocal Competition "Canticum Gaudium" in Poznan, and laureate at the ARMEL Opera Competition (Hungary).

On stage, his repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary opera. Romain Bockler performs in France at the Opera of Lyon, Bordeaux, Avignon, Dijon, Reims, Caen, as well as in Europe and throughout the world. He has collaborated with the ensembles Pygmalion (Raphaël Pichon), Le Poème Harmonique (Vincent Dumestre), Les Arts Florissant (Paolo Zanzu/William Christie), Le Concert Spirituel (Hervé Niquet), Concerto Soave (Jean-Marc Aymes), La Fenice (Jean Tubery), La Rêveuse, Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu (Franck-Emmanuel Comte). In contemporary repertoires, he creates various roles in close collaboration with and under the direction of composers such as Peter Eötvös or Alexandre Desplat.

Passionate about Renaissance music and working with small ensembles, he frequently performs with specialised ensembles such as the Huelgas Ensemble (Paul Van Nevel), Diabolus in Musica (Antoine Guerber), Doulce Mémoire (Denis Raisin Dadre), Weser Renaissance Bremen (Manfred Cordes) and the Main Harmonique (Frédéric Bétous). Numerous recordings testify to his activity in this field.

Romain Bockler also holds an engineering degree and a master's degree in acoustics.

Bor Zuljan
is active in different musical genres playing many kinds of early, modern and traditional plucked-strings instruments. Called the "Revolutionary of the lute" (Le Soir), he's been specializing particularly in the music of the Renaissance, rediscovering forgotten improvisation and playing techniques, instruments and sounds. He is performing regularly as soloist and with ensembles, such as Tasto Solo, Graindelavoix, L'Achéron, Vox Luminis, Il Giardino Armonico, Le Concert Brisé, in duo with Dusan Bogdanovic, with Romain Bockler (Dulces Exuviae) as well as with his ensemble La Lyra.

From 2011, he is the artistic director of an early music festival Flores Musicae in Slovenia. His critical edition of Gorzanis' Second lute book has been published by the Slovenian Musicological Society, resulting also in an awarded CD "La barca del mio amore" with music by the same composer, featuring La Lyra and the italian singer Pino De Vittorio (Arcana - Outhere Music). His CD "Josquin - Adieu mes amours" with the duo Dulces Exuviae has appeared under the legendary early music label Ricercar (Outhere Music) to great critical acclaim.

The same label just published his first solo album "Dowland - A Fancy" which was awarded the prestigious Diapason d'Or de l'année 2020, CHOC de Classica and Gramophone's Editor's Choice. After graduating in jazz and classical programmes at the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music, he continued his studies with Aniello Desiderio in Koblenz, Germany. In 2007 he started studying at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève where he then obtained a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Guitar and Lute performance (Dusan Bogdanovic), continued with a specialization in Medieval music and finished a MA in lute pedagogy.

Since 2011 he has been working as research assistant at the same school on a project on Fantasia improvisation on lute in the 16th Century, a topic he is developing for his doctoral thesis at the CESR in Tours. He teaches lute at the CPMDT de Geneva, and has given numerous conferences and master classes at institutions, such as the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, HEM de Genève and CNSMD Lyon.

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