Civis Summer School “Sacred Sounds Sacred Spaces”. Ιmmersive audio and virtual acoustics in sacred spaces. Sound Archeomusicology and Archeoacoustics. Medieval Music and sounding sacred spaces. Sonic experience and immersive media reception in sacred spaces. Soundscape composition and acoustic ecology. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid-University of Tübingen-University of Glasgow.
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Tuesday 12 July
Medieval and Byzantine Music and sounding sacred spaces
(Drakopoulos amphitheatre)
09:00-10:30 Prof. Achilleas Chaldaeakes “Towards a contemporary technique of the Analysis of the Byzantine Music”. Analysis and demos of the pieces of Byzantine Music (to be presented during the concert). Learning a few Byzantine Music compositions with all participants: the characteristic examples of Zbigniew Preisner compositions, recently performed by the choir “The Maestros of the Psaltic Art” at the movie “Man of God”.
10.30-11.00. Pavlos Kavouras (NKUA). Music and the sacred
11:05-11:30 Break
11:30-13:00 Prof. Dr. Stefan Morent with Schola Cantorum: Analysis and demos of the pieces of Gregorian chant (presented in the concert) and ways of reconstructing the liturgy of the monastery of Hirsau from fragments – Learning a small and easy piece of chant with all participants
13.30-14.00. Areti Andreopoulou (Ass. Professor, NKUA) Acoustic preparation fro Recording a Byzantine and Gregorian Choir in Kapnikarea church.
Learning outcome
The compositional philosophy of Byzantine Music and its interdisciplinary perspectives/ Learning a few Byzantine Music compositions/ Influences of Byzantine Music performative style to the contemporary composition practice. The general structure of Vespers in Gregorian chant/ Reconstruction of the order and the sounding space of liturgy by using Libri Ordinarii/ The role of liturgical fragments/Learning a small and easy piece of Gregorian chant.
16:30-19:00 Field recording (Kapnikarea Church): Measuring the sounding space of the church and recording 1-2 pieces with Schola Cantorum and “The Maestros of the Psaltic Art” for later virtual reconstruction in LABMAT
19:30-20:30 Concert with Byzantine and Gregorian Chant (Kapnikarea Church):
Schola Cantorum Tübingen (Dir.: Stefan Morent): Reconstruction of Vespers at former monastery of Hirsau (Black Forest): Antiphones, Psalms, Hymns, Magnificat, Benedicamus Domino
“The Maestros of the Psaltic Art” (Dir.: Achilleas Chaldaeakes): Typical Byzantine Hymns of the Vespers, Matins and Divine Liturgy services; additionally, the characteristic examples of Zbigniew Preisner compositions, recently performed by the choir at the movie “Man of God”.
