Sicilian Medieval Music

Ensemble: Al Qantarah - Fabio Tricomi Album: Abballati, abbalati! Video: Frédéric II, traité de fauconnerie (XII/XIIIth cent.) • Since ancient times, Sicilian culture has been shaped by the influence of foreign powers which often co-existed: those of the Hellenic world, the Italic civilisation, the Arabic presence and the Norman conquest. These intertwining influences led up to mediaeval times, the historical pivot’ around which the project for this disc rotates. Thus Sicily appears as a crossroads of races, traditions, varied and often exotic ethnic roots giving it a multi-layered and cosmopolitan quality which has become ever richer over the centuries and has made of the island a sort of bridge (in fact “AI Qantarah“ is a river in eastern Sicily whose name in Arabic means’ the bridge) and a unique contact point for the various foreign civilisations which have become an essential part of the Sicilian territory. Sicily has