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Recording the last bits and pieces

27 June 2011 – 17:40

Parts of the new album “Crosswork” by Via Artis Konsort were recorded in San Esteban de la Sierra (Spain) in the beginning of June 2011

      

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Quen a Virgen - video

17 October 2010 – 23:18

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Cantiga CSM 103 “Quen a Virgen ben servirá” from “Cantigas de Santa María, Spain, XIII century, performed by the early music ensemble Via Artis Konsort.
           
Recorded at Græsted Church, Denmark and filmed “on location” at the Monastery of Leyre, Spain. HD vertsion.You’re welcome to share the video.

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Todo el mundo - video

16 July 2010 – 14:54

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Todo el mundo en general by the Spanish organist Francisco Correa de Arauxo, recorded at the renaissance organ at the Castle of Sonderborg, Denmark.
           
Todo el mundo en general is included on the CD El Arte de Tañer by Via artis Konsort member Poul Udbye Pock-Steen. The CD is released on PARLA son- [parla09001]

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Multiculture and the popular element

8 May 2010 – 17:52

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A brief historical background for the “Art of Touch” - project
The year 1492 marks a cultural turning point for Spain.
This is the year where the Italian Cristobal Columbus - financially supported by the Spanish queen Isabel - discovers a totally new continent, almost by chance, and thus opens the gate to a new era [...]

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Organ relation

27 April 2010 – 14:31

El Arte de Tañer / Kunsten at røre

Pavana con su glosa - Spanish, XVI cent., Antonio de Cabezón
Recorded as a duo between the Francisco Salinas organ and the Capilla Dorada organ, both Historic Cathedral of Salamanca, Spain
Ya no quiero tener fe - Spanish, XVI cent., Juan del Encina
Recorded at the Capilla Dorada organ, Historic Cathedral of [...]

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Miracles of Saint Virila

27 April 2010 – 11:09

A translation will be posted soon

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The elevator speech

23 March 2010 – 13:52

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This is only a short summary of the article “From listener to co-producer” describing an alternative model for the financing of small or non-commercial CD productions.Arrange for a cup of coffee and set the music to play while you read the full story “From listener to co-producer”  
What is it all about?
We have set [...]

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From listener to co-producer

9 January 2010 – 17:47

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Vicissitudes of the music business are slowly causing a change in our listening habits.
One of the consequences of the current development is a growing number of independent CD publications, each one representing a more modest sale. This situation enforces new bonds to grow between the publisher (often the very same musicians on the CD) and [...]

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Pavana con su glosa

12 December 2009 – 16:41

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Album notes for El Arte de Tañer (parla09001)
Cabezón’s famous pavanne that probably isn’t a pavanne and maybe not even by Cabezón.  
This catchy dance piece with variations originates from a music book published in 1577 by the Spanish organist Luis Venegas de Henestrosa. The piece is attributed to “Antonio”, and this, sort of insider information, [...]

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Ensemble Playing (Danish)

10 December 2009 – 16:36

We’re working on a translation. Please come back later

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