SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE POLYPHONIES
After the success of their program Méditerranée Sacrée, which has since been recorded on CD, for radio (France Musique) and for TV (Mezzo), has been presented in 50 or more concerts in
France, the USA, Canada, Tunisia, and Lebanon, the chamber choir Les éléments now presents a new program where old masterpieces stand alongside contemporary creations.
A musical journey through time in the Iberian Peninsula, from medieval Spain to the monastery of the Huelgas, to the Renaissance of Guerrero and Victoria, the monastery in Catalogne at Galicie, passing by the Castille and the Andalousie, the program brings us to the Portugal of Lobo and Cardoso, masters of the golden age of Portuguese polyphony in Lisbon. Alongside the older masterpieces, two global creations commissioned specifically for this program by Les éléments from the Portuguese composer António Chagas Rosa and from the Spanish composer Iván Solano.

« The pure beauty of 13th-century polyphony and plainsong, stylishly performed by Les éléments, moves gently into two of Victoria’s masterpieces, before the first of two vibrant, new choral works commissioned specially for this program. A sumptuous, adventurous album. » Apple Music US – Juin 2019