Carmina Burana
AV Performance
Duration: an hour
Saturday, 09 August 2025 | 21:00 > 22:002025-08-09T21:00:00.000Z | Gran Loggia
The Carmina Burana represent the greatest and most important poetic-musical anthology of the Middle Ages. The performance—centered on satirical, amorous, and convivial themes—is a theatrical and musical journey into the medieval world of the Goliards and Wandering Scholars, featuring songs in Latin, Italian, and regional dialects.
The original compositions, mostly anonymous, were transcribed by monastic scribes in the first half of the 13th century. They paint vivid portraits of diverse bands of wayfarers who denounce the corruption of power and celebrate the desire for earthly pleasures through songs and hymns to fate, freedom, women, feasts, and games.
This musical and poetic interpretation by Carlo Gizzi is enhanced by a unique instrument: Radu Negut’s videomapping projection on the Grand Loggia of Villa d’Este.
Performance setlist:
SUSCIPE FLOS FLOREM SECTA NOSTRA RECIPIT
reading: our fellowship
VAGANTI GOLIARDI
reading: the rule
ECCE TORPET PROBITAS
reading: fate
O FORTUNA LEVIS
reading: autumn
TEMPUS TRANSIT GELIDUM
reading: spring
SALVE VER OPTATUM
reading: money
VIDI CANTANTEM NUMMUM A LA RIVERZA
reading: idleness
VESPERO DOCILE
reading: eros
TEMPUS EST IOCUNDUM
reading: the stomach
BACHUS
reading: the tavern
SECTA NOSTRA RECIPIT
FIORE DE LUNA
The original compositions, mostly anonymous, were transcribed by monastic scribes in the first half of the 13th century. They paint vivid portraits of diverse bands of wayfarers who denounce the corruption of power and celebrate the desire for earthly pleasures through songs and hymns to fate, freedom, women, feasts, and games.
This musical and poetic interpretation by Carlo Gizzi is enhanced by a unique instrument: Radu Negut’s videomapping projection on the Grand Loggia of Villa d’Este.
Performance setlist:
SUSCIPE FLOS FLOREM SECTA NOSTRA RECIPIT
reading: our fellowship
VAGANTI GOLIARDI
reading: the rule
ECCE TORPET PROBITAS
reading: fate
O FORTUNA LEVIS
reading: autumn
TEMPUS TRANSIT GELIDUM
reading: spring
SALVE VER OPTATUM
reading: money
VIDI CANTANTEM NUMMUM A LA RIVERZA
reading: idleness
VESPERO DOCILE
reading: eros
TEMPUS EST IOCUNDUM
reading: the stomach
BACHUS
reading: the tavern
SECTA NOSTRA RECIPIT
FIORE DE LUNA
Author
Carlo Gizzi is a guitarist and composer from Tivoli. He has performed in numerous concerts and recordings, exploring a wide range of styles from classical sounds to folk music. As a teacher and author of music methods and educational tools, he has always been committed to the research and development of alternative educational projects. He graduated in Guitar from the “Alfredo Casella” Conservatory in L’Aquila, after completing classical studies.
He has conducted training courses, led choirs and orchestras, and collaborated with...
Radu Negut, VJ and Digital Magician, believes that imperfections and beauty coexist not only within the digital realm but also in our everyday lives. With a philosophy rooted in embracing the power of visualization, his work invites viewers to explore the beauty hidden within the chaos of daily existence.