Vestiva

Vestiva: not only our red thread throughout the

album, referring to one of our favourite madrigal

hits Vesti va i colli, but also a metaphorical motto:

"dressing up" the music with colours, diminutions,

trilli, accenti... (as the hills, the colli, in the original

madrigal text are dressed up with fl owers) in

the balancing act of pure fl exibility and absolute

punctuality or momentum - creating spoken

"words" with a minimal, reduced instrumentation

and without actual sung text.

Working in this minimal, fragile and intimate

instrumental setting with lute, harp and recorders

while trying to reach maximum expression is an

absolute challenge and pure joy.