E lo dyavol sia sconficto!
Cappella Semifonti

Cappella Semifonti

Anna Chiara Mugnai and Michele Fracasso, voices

Cesare Pierozzi, bombarda

Debora Tempestini, voice and percussion

Giordano Betti, percussion

Dimitri Betti, organetto and musical direction

M. Sarti (1991)

Pastoral “La Straniera” *

Laudario Magliabechiano

Peccatrice nominata Magdalena

F. Landi (1995)

Carnival Song No. 1 *

Laudario Magliabechiano

Voi ch’amate lo Criatore

R. Perugini (1996)

Ho pensato di amarmi *

Laudario Magliabechiano

Alleluya alto Re di gloria

*world premiere

30’ | Ticket offered by Oficina OCM and Gruppo Tea 

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In the Basilica of Santa Barbara resounds one of Italy’s oldest musical traditions: the Florentine lauda.

The Laudario Magliabechiano, dating from between 1310 and 1340 and once belonging to the Florentine Confraternity of Santa Maria and later to the Confraternity of the Humiliati of Ognissanti, is one of only two Italian laudario manuscripts with musical notation that have survived.

Lay confraternities gathered to sing laude almost daily: these were key moments of spiritual renewal and a form of emancipation from the medieval liturgical tradition, as well as a strong bond among members.

The program traces an extraordinary journey from medieval laude to contemporary works from the 1990s, showing how this form of sung devotion has crossed centuries without losing its expressive power.

Voice, bombarda, organetto, and percussion restore the full vitality of a music born to be prayed, sung, and lived together.

Text by Giada De Sio