“Saltarello”, a 14th-century fast Italiandance in ¾ time that survives today as a folk dance, viola player Garth Knox couples works stretching from the 12th century to the present day anddemonstrates how fragile, even arbitrary, is the line drawn between art and folk music, but also that between old music and new sounds. Taking up fiddle, viola and viola d'amore, accompanied by cellist Agnès Vesterman and percussionist Sylvain Lemêtre, Knox presents his own works alongside music by Hildegard von Bingen; he juxtaposes the exquisite Renaissance sounds of John Dowland against pieces by Kaija Saariaho that make subtle use of electronics, and sets arrangements of traditional melodies and anonymous dance movements against Vivaldi's D minor Viola d'amore Concerto - a sensuous survey of 1000 years of musical events.

〈Recorded December 2009〉

Garth Knox - fiddle, viola, viola d'amore
Agnès Vesterman - violoncello
Sylvain Lemêtre - percussion

【曲目】
01. Black Brittany

02. Henry Purcell: Music for a while

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for viola d'amore in d-minor RV 393
03. I Allegro
04. II Largo
05. III Presto

06. Garth Knox: Fuga libre for viola solo

07. Hildegard von Bingen - Guillaume de Machaut: Ave, generosa - Complainte 'Tels rit au main qui au soir pleure'

Kaija Saariaho: Vent nocturne
08. I. Sombres miroirs (Dark Mirrors)

09. John Dowland: Flow my tears

Kaija Saariaho: Vent nocturne
10. II. Soupirs de l'obscur (Breaths of the Obscure)

11. Three Dances: Saltarello I – Ghaetta – Saltarello II

12. Pipe, harp and fiddle