Inspired by Meister Eckhart, who described the "now" (German: Nun) in the mystical sense as a moment in which the past and future merge together, the ensemble gave itself it's name nu: n. On this release, the three musicians delve into the earliest surviving sources of the music, and give it a new sonic guise of our time. From various concerts, we hear wonderful recordings of secular and sacred hymns, eloquent and sensitive texts, and enchanting melodies informed by profound and virtuoso improvisation. "The Weimar guitarist Falk Zenker and the Berlin saxophonist Gert Anklam have long been regarded as an insider tip in the Middle Ages scene. Because they first dig up the roots of Western music as sensitively as imaginatively and then gently transplant them into the present. " (Torsten PreuÃŸ)

Tracklist:

Manigem herzen tet der kalte winter leide
Unicornis captivatur (Codex Engelberg)
O choruscans lux
Work(s)~De moi dolereus vos chant (Guiot de Dijon) / La Tierche Estampe Royal (Manuscrit du Roi, Frankreich
Quis dabit (Klagelied, Las Huelgas Codes)
Conditor alme siderum
Benedicamus Domino (Codex Engelberg)
Work(s)~Atressi com lo leoÃ§ (Troubadourlied, Rigaut de Berbezilh) / La Uitime Estampie Real (Manuscrit du Roi, Frankreich)
Sys willekomen (Leise, Erfurter Handschrift, 1394)

UPC: 4018767039016
Label: Raum Klang
Release Date: 6.7.19
Format: CD

Hildegard / Ensemble Nu N - Manigem Herzen (CD)