De rerum natura
Ensemble Terra Mater

Ensemble Terra Mater

Angela Centanin, voice, sagat, castanets
Irene Benciolini, violin, viola, santur, voice
Ruben Medici, oud, bouzouki, classical guitar, viola, voice
Nicola Benetti, accordion, setar, classical guitar, duff, darbouka, riq, kantele, voice
Francesco Trespidi, duff, darbouka, riq, musette, kaval, bansuri, dizi, xun, low whistle, recorder

Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Pastorale

Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723)
Der makām-ı Hüseynī Semâ'î

Traditional Azerbaijani song (Azerbaijan)
Ayrilik

Traditional Griko song (Martano, Salento)
Are mou rindineddha (on a text by G. Aprile)

Traditional Berber song (Morocco)
Berceuse amazigh

Traditional Bulgarian song
Izgryala e mesechinka

Traditional Greek song
Απάνω στην τριανταφυλλιά

30’ | Admission with museum ticket

There is a question that has always run through the music of peoples: what does it mean to belong to a place, a tradition, a sound?

Ensemble Terra Mater responds with a program that spans centuries and continents. It moves from traditional songs of the Solomon Islands to the medieval-evoking sonorities of the Carmina Burana; from the Ottoman music of Cantemir to the Cantigas of Martín Codax. Western instruments intertwine with the oud, santur, accordion, bansuri, and a family of percussion instruments that carry the rhythms of distant cultures. The result is a sonic journey that does not seek exoticism for its own sake, but rather the shared essence that connects all musical traditions: the human voice, rhythm, and the desire to tell stories.

A repertoire that resists categorization, because its roots spread everywhere—and precisely for this reason, it speaks to everyone.

Text by Giada De Sio