Troubadour: 800 years of Song from Walther von der Vogelweide to Leonard Cohen

We will present highlights from our programms “Walther von der Vogelweide - Courtly Songs of the Middle Ages” and “A Day with Suzanne - A Tribute to Leonard Cohen with Renaissance Chanson”. Looking forward to this exceptional program uniting the Minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide (ca. 1180-1230), whose poltical texts are especially timely, with music of Renaissance Chanson composers and connecting it to music of the modern troubadour, Leonard Cohen. Loosely used, a troubadour could be anyone singing a song, preferably his own, and perhaps accompanying himself on an instrument. More specifically, we can speak of troubadours and trouvères in Medieval music, without whose written music, passed down in manuscripts, we would have fewer melodies for Walthers songs. Cohen called himself a Chansonnier and I see myself in the larger picture, carrying the tradition along.

Ensemble Phoenix Munich:
Vincent Kibildis - Harp
Félix Verry - Fiddle
Emma-Lisa Roux - Lute, Voice
Hille Perl - Viola da Gamba
Domen Marinčič - Viola da Gamba 
Joel Frederiksen - Voice, Lute, Citole, Direction