Ensemble Gemma - S:t Sigfrids officium: Celebremus Karissimi

The Office of St. Sigfrid Celebremus Karissima During the Middle Ages the legend of Saint Sigfrid was related on the 15th of February. It was reported how he by difficult paths arrived in Sm�land as a missionary; upon his death he was buried in V�xj�. The legend was presented in words and music in the form of an Office or historia, the services which in a monastic context were spread evenly throughout the day. The combination of recitation from the saint�s legend and chants about the saint. The ensemble Gemma strives for a flexible, text based song where the accentuation of the words forms the foundation for the melodic line. In this recording we have used a pronunciation of the Latin as it is believed to have sounded during the High Middle Ages in Sweden.