The name of the ensemble “Lvivs'ki Menestreli” (The Lviv Ministrels”) emerged in the year 2000.
Its aim is to revive the atmosphere of the past and thus to help people feel their ties with history, with their long-gone past which persists in every one of us.
In the XIV-XVII th cent. England and France the word “ministreals” meant “professional musicians”. Hence the name of the ensemble – “The Professional Musicians From Lviv” – “Menestreli Leopolita”.
The compositions played (The programme):
The ensemble “Lvivs'ki Menestreli” plays the works of such eminent minnesingers as: N. von Reental (1190 – 1240), O. von Wolkenstein (1377 – 1445), F.Landini (1325 – 1397), A. de la Halle (~ 1230 – 1285);
"CARMINA BURANA" XIII cent.;
Codex LO XIV th cent.;
Cantigas ( pilgrim songs) from the world-famous Red Book of the Spanish monastery Monserrat (XIV th cent.);
Cantigas to Saint Mary from the Spanish collection of Alfonso X el Sabio (1223 – 1284);
The work by Spanish, German, English (Estampie from Robertsbridge Codex), Italian , Irish and Scottish anonyms of the XIII – XV th centuries;
Together with the partners –Kyiv Old Dance Group the perform the court music of the Renaissance period (anonyms), as well as compositions by: J. de Pres, K. Jerwese, P.Phallese, T.Susato, P.Ataniane, A. le Roy, F. de la Torre;
French court music of Bourbons dynasty XVI-XVII st. (times of Maria Medichi, Queen Margo, cardinal Rishelie, nime of Versall Balls);
Early Polish and early Ukrainian anonyms XV-XVII cent - Performing first time ever in Ukraine of the
V th international
festival
of
Ancient Music ( Lviv,
Organ Palace,7 october 2008):
Lviv luthe tabulature (XVI сent.)
Luthe tabulature Mateusza Waisseliusa (1592)
Organ tabulature Jana z Lublina (XVI сent.)
Organ tabulature August Nermiger (XVI сent.)
Bratislava tabulature (XVII сent.)
Silva Rerum (XVII сent.)
end as well as compositions by XIV-XVIII cent.: Mikolay from Krakov, Marcin from Leopolita, D.Kato, A.Dlugoray, M.Diletskiy, M.Berezovskiy
Barocco period - music by A.Skarlatti, A.Corelli, J.B.Lulli, Y.Y.Kuanse, R.Valentine, A.Vivaldi, H.F.Hendel, G.F.Teleman, J.S.Bach, K.F.E.Bach, J. Mysliveček
Unknown early Trio-sonaten J.Haydn Op.11 (NN1-6) - Performing first time ever in Ukraine (Lviv, Trapezniy hall of Italian Yard, 8 maj 2010).
The ensemble takes parting the International Festivals of of
Early Music (Lviv, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, Vrotzlav, 2009), scientific practice seminars (Lviv, 2006), knights’s tournaments, "Medival Ball" (2005), Festivals of medieval culture (TU stan’ 2006,2007,2008), Festivals of the regional kultur "Galychina festini" (2008), Days of Lviv in Zheshovi (2007), Days of Krakov in Lviv (2008), various city impresas, appearances in Ukrainian castles - Oles'k, Lutsk, Camjanets-Podilskij and Zbrazh,concerts in the Italian Courtyard, Royal Palace and Upper Bandinelli Lviv Historical Museum, Churches Sv.Lazarya and Lviv Organ hall. The ensembleis a winner of the Gold medal in the II Ukrainian contest ”National GrandPrize in Performance Arts” (2004) in the category “instrumental music”.
The ensemble released a mini – CD “Dreamcatcher”, which consisted of old folk melodies.
The ensemble released a CD "Music from the times of the Kingdom of Rus', Polish Kingdom and the Grand Lithuanian Principality in the XIV-XVII centuries"
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Musicians – the members of the ensemble – are former students and post-graduate students of Lviv, Kyiv and Moscow Music Academy, prize winners of regional and all-ukrainian and international music competitions, and they are in love with the past. The musicians gain their experience in the performance of old music in cooperation with the ensembles Ritornello, DEKAMERON, together with the musicians M. Pospishyl, T.Czechak, R.Siwak, S. Tyhonenko, on the classes of "How to play ancient music" .
During workshops in old music performance the ensemble is representing the Lviv Hnat Hotkevych Culture Palace.
Igor Matseluh -reсorder (soprano), fifes, Pana, guculien bagpipes, tylenka
Yaroslav Ilnitskiy - reсorders, traverso
Volodymyr Veretelnyk, Taras Lozan - darbucca, tar, sonagli
Oleh Sadets’kyj - guitare
Marianna Laba- vocals
Volodymyr Meheden - alt
Larysa Ishchuk, Anna Dzogan, Olena Humenjuk - barocc cello
Oleg Zhuk - harpsichord
Lena Dadukevich – fiddle, barocc violin, alt, trombomarine, the Art Director of the ensemble.
Musicians working with ensemble:
Katerina Basina- vocals, declamation
Jura Kuratch - guitare
Maxim Boguslavskiy - lute
Romanna Gun'ko - vocals
Bozhena Korchinska - fifes
Solomija Maksymiv -
reсorders, fifes
Vadim Pedorytch - alt
Halyna Zhuk - viola da gamba, barocc cello
Dmitrii Babych, Juriy Turkanyk - barocc cello
Olena Matseluh - harpsichord, orgel
Volodymyr Grebenkov - percusions
Anna Ivanjushenko - spinet, harpsichord, vocals, penderetta, tar, sonagli.
Musicians that worked with ensemble:
Evgeniy Bortnik, Liliya Stadnik, Taras Oliynik, Vsevolod Sadoviy,
Victoria Kurilova, Juriy Guran, Grigoriy Savka, Nastia Arbuzova, Olga Miziuk.
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