MAGALI IMBERT (recorders, chalumeaux) and ADEL SHAMS EL-DIN
(percussion). The meeting of 14th-century French and Italian Medieval
repertoire and oriental rhythms, enhancing the melodies by Guillaume de
Machaut or Gheradello da Firenze, and reminding us that in those times
musicians were big travellers and the princes of the Occident
encouraged the coexistence and blending of Christian, Jewish, Moslem,
German, Arab and Provençal traditions. The virelais, ballatas, rondeaux
and estampies performed by this imaginative duet revive the spirit of
music in movement, constantly renewing itself in the present moment.
