| 20:00 | From young to old
The 12 gardens of the soul
St. Katherine’s mysterious journey of love
Ovid Gallery | New Chambers Sanssouci / Address: Im Park Sanssouci (Maulbeerallee), 14469 Potsdam
A song of praise to celestial love In 12 songs & instrumental pieces, inspired by the meditation "The 12 gardens" By St. Katharine of Bologna (1413-1463)
artists
LaReverdie
Claudia Caffagni, vocals, lute, psaltry
Livia Caffagni, vocals, flutes, fiddle
Elisabetta de Mircovich, vocals, rebec, fiddle
Cristina Calzolari, vocals, portative, clavicytherium
Sara Mancuso, harp, clavicytherium, portative
program
1st garden: hyssop of humility
2nd garden: rose of contemplation
3rd garden: corals of liberation
4th garden: lilies of renewal
5th garden: violets of seclusion
6th garden: carnations of self-reflection
7th garden: sunflowers of epiphany
8th garden: red roses of ignition
9th garden: olives of unity in mercy
10th garden: oranges of unity in love
11th garden: pomegranates of supernatural fear
12th garden: the sweetness of the love life
description
[TIME TO LISTEN] 19.00 h: "To describe the ineffable"
Livia Caffagni talks to Dr. Jelle Dierickx
In About 1434 the nun Caterina de' Vigri was only in her early twenties when she described in "The 12 Gardens" the soul's spiritual journey towards its unification with Christ. She put her own soul's longing for love into the description of those gardens that symbolize the stations of the pilgrimage. She fills her gardens with lights and colours, smells and flavours, sweet sounds and happy dance rhythms - the soul experiences the celestial bridegroom's approach with all its senses. The musicians of LaReverdie were deeply touched by Katherine's mysterious journey of love and after extensive research they compiled twelve compositions to a lauds (a "song of praise") as it could have been sung and played by Katherine and her sisters in the nunnery in Bologna back then.
