The CD 'Sacer nidus' carries us away to Poland, to Gniezno, the “holy nest.” In the year 1000, Gniezno was the meeting place of Duke Boleslaw I and Emperor Otto III, whose lives were closely connected with that of Saint Adalbert. The former bishop Adalbert had been sent by both rulers to spread the word of God among the pagans, died a short time afterwards as a martyr, and was elevated to sainthood in Rome. His story and the associated political-religious consequences are reflected in numerous texts and in the music of the Middle Ages.

The clear, pure singing of Ensemble Peregrina takes us into the world of the songs, sequences and hymns that were written not only in Poland, but also on Reichenau Island and in the Rhineland.

Many of these songs are accompanied by Romanesque harp and vielle, which can also be heard in the remaining instrumental improvisations. Ensemble Peregrina researches and performs sacred and secular music from the twelfth to fourteenth century Europe.

These works were recorded in St Wojciech’s Church in the heart of Poznan in Poland.

Contents:
• Bogurodzica
Marienlied, Polen, 12./13. Jh.
• Alme presul
Responsorium aus dem Reimoffizium
• 0 preclara Adalberti (instrumental)
• 0 preclara Adalberti
Sequenz, Gnesen, 14. Jh
• Magnus cesar Otto (modus ottinc)
Lied, Rheinland, 11. Jh.
• Annua recolamus
Sequenz, Reichenau, ca 1001
• Adalbertus presul (instrumental) Listen!
• Consurgat in preconia
Sequenz, Gnesen, 15. Jh.
• Hac festa die (Improvisation)
• Hac festa die
Sequenz, Gnesen, nach 1090
• Beatus es (Improvisation)
• Alleluia. V. Beatus es
Gnesen, 16. Jh.
• Salve sidus Polonorum
Sequenz, Gnesen (?), 14./15. Jh.
• Alleluia. V. Salve decus Polonie
Krakau, 15. Jh.
• Fulget in templo legifer
Hymnus, Krakau, 15. Jh.
• Omnis etas, omnis sexus
Planctus zum Tod von Boleslaw Chrobry (1025)
Text: Gallus Anonymus, Chronik (I, 16), 12. Jh.