HEAD HEART

Head Heart
Sulla veridicità del pensiero e del sentimento

HENRY PURCELL (1659 – 1695)
A bird’s prelude, da The Fairy Queen (arr. Sjaella)

LAURA MARCONI (1989)
Mein Grund, mein Puls

HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585 – 1672)
O primavera, da Il primo libro de Madrigali

CAROLINE SHAW (1981)
Dolce cantavi

MELCHIOR FRANCK (1580 – 1639)
Meine Schwester, liebe Braut
O, dass ich dich, mein Bruder
Du bist aller Dinge schön
da Song of Salomon Motets

SJAELLA/SHARA NOVA (1974)
Hypophysis

NICOLAS GOMBERT (c.a. 1495 – c.a. 1560)
Quam pulchra es

DAVID LANG (1957)
Head Heart

HEINRICH SCHÜTZ
Così morir

HENRY PURCELL
Music for a while (arr. S. Blache)

The shared roots of the Ensemble Sjaella reach back to an age when emotions can flow unhindered. The voyage of discovery began for these artists in 2005, and it has now taken them around the world. Sjaella has been a fixture on the universal vocal music scene for years, performing concerts at renowned festivals, and winning first prize at many competitions. The ensemble has recently been on concert tours to South Africa, Belgium, Spain, and Norway.
In this concert, Head Hart, Sjaella explores the age-old human dilemma between the head and the heart. Though, the exact relationship between reason and emotion remains a mystery, our daily experience leaves little doubt that both impact our decision making to a great extent. But how can we listen to these inner poles and learn to trust them? Sjaella feeds the hearts and stimulates the minds of their listeners by presenting a fine selection of early and contemporary compositions that are themselves in the field of tension between intellect and emotion. A plea for the truthfulness of thinking and feeling.