Jordi Savall i Bernadet (born 1941, in Igualada, Catalonia) is a Catalan vi… Read Full Bio ↴Jordi Savall i Bernadet (born 1941, in Igualada, Catalonia) is a Catalan viol player and composer. He is one of the major figures in the field of early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for bringing the viol (viola da gamba) back to life on the stage. His repertory ranges from Medieval to Renaissance and Baroque music.
Savall's musical training started in the school choir of his native town (1947-55). He later completed his training at the Barcelona Conservatory of Music (1959-65). Afterward, he began his specialisation in early music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland (1968-70).
In 1974 he formed the ensemble Hespèrion XX (since 2000 as Hespèrion XXI), together with the soprano Montserrat Figueras (his wife), Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith. Hespèrion XX favored a style of interpretation characterised by great musical vitality and at the same time, maximum historical accuracy.
In 1987 he returned to Barcelona to found La Capella Reial de Catalunya, a vocal ensemble devoted to the interpretation of music prior to the 18th century.
Finally, in 1989 Savall created Le Concert des Nations, an orchestra that is generally dedicated to the baroque repertoire, but which sometimes also serves as an outlet for music that hails from the classical/romantic repertoire (e.g. Sinfonia a Gran Orquesta by Juan Crisótomo de Arriga).
Savall's discography includes more than 140 recordings. Since 1998 he has released his records with his own label, Alia Vox.
Jordi Savall is also a two-time Grammy nominee, who scored the 1991 Alain Corneau film, Tous les matins du monde (also awarded the César of the French film industry in 1992). The soundtrack, re-released on his own Alia Vox label, has sold more than a million copies worldwide.
Savall's musical training started in the school choir of his native town (1947-55). He later completed his training at the Barcelona Conservatory of Music (1959-65). Afterward, he began his specialisation in early music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland (1968-70).
In 1974 he formed the ensemble Hespèrion XX (since 2000 as Hespèrion XXI), together with the soprano Montserrat Figueras (his wife), Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith. Hespèrion XX favored a style of interpretation characterised by great musical vitality and at the same time, maximum historical accuracy.
In 1987 he returned to Barcelona to found La Capella Reial de Catalunya, a vocal ensemble devoted to the interpretation of music prior to the 18th century.
Finally, in 1989 Savall created Le Concert des Nations, an orchestra that is generally dedicated to the baroque repertoire, but which sometimes also serves as an outlet for music that hails from the classical/romantic repertoire (e.g. Sinfonia a Gran Orquesta by Juan Crisótomo de Arriga).
Savall's discography includes more than 140 recordings. Since 1998 he has released his records with his own label, Alia Vox.
Jordi Savall is also a two-time Grammy nominee, who scored the 1991 Alain Corneau film, Tous les matins du monde (also awarded the César of the French film industry in 1992). The soundtrack, re-released on his own Alia Vox label, has sold more than a million copies worldwide.
Ave Maris Stella
Jordi Savall Lyrics
Duplum
I O Maria, maris stella,
plena gracie,
mater simul et puella,
vas mundicie.
II Templum nostri Redemptoris,
sol iusticie,
porta celi, spes reorum,
tronus glorie.
III Sublevatrix miserorum,
vena venie,
audi servos te rogantes,
mater gracie.
IV Ut peccata
sint ablata
per te, hodie,
qui te puro laudat corde
in veritate.
Triplum
O Maria, Virgo Davitica,
virginum flos, vite, spes unica,
via venie,
lux gracie,
mater clemencie;
sola iubes in arce celica,
obediunt tibi milicie;
sola sedes in trono glorie;
gracia plena, fulgens, deica.
Stelle stupent de tua specie,
sol, luna de tua potencia
que luminaria
in meridie;
tua facie vincis omnia.
Prece pia mitiga filium,
miro modo cuius es filia,
ne iudicemur in contrarium
sed et eterna vite premia.
Tenor
[In veritate].
Amen.
I O Maria, maris stella,
plena gracie,
mater simul et puella,
vas mundicie.
II Templum nostri Redemptoris,
sol iusticie,
porta celi, spes reorum,
tronus glorie.
III Sublevatrix miserorum,
vena venie,
audi servos te rogantes,
mater gracie.
IV Ut peccata
sint ablata
per te, hodie,
qui te puro laudat corde
in veritate.
Triplum
O Maria, Virgo Davitica,
virginum flos, vite, spes unica,
via venie,
lux gracie,
mater clemencie;
sola iubes in arce celica,
obediunt tibi milicie;
sola sedes in trono glorie;
gracia plena, fulgens, deica.
Stelle stupent de tua specie,
sol, luna de tua potencia
que luminaria
in meridie;
tua facie vincis omnia.
Prece pia mitiga filium,
miro modo cuius es filia,
ne iudicemur in contrarium
sed et eterna vite premia.
Tenor
[In veritate].
Amen.
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