Zefiro Torna & Frank Vangenée Trio: Scattered Rhymes

SCATTERED RHYMES

A tribute to Francesco Petrarca

The historical music ensemble Zefiro Torna and Frank Vaganée Trio continue this tradition. They edit

the music of the before mentioned composers and write new ‘songs’ on Petrarca’s immortal verses.

Polyphonic tissues, obsessive rhythms, sounds chemistry, painful punches, wordless ‘scatting’ and

healing harmonies form the elements of a timeless tribute:

6 April 1327. In a small church nearby Avignon, a glimpse of a woman named Laura ignited a lingering

passion in the renaissance poet and humanist Francesco Petrarca. His sparse rime or ‘scattered

verses’ took the form of 366 sonnets that later would be called “Canzoniere”. This songbook is full of

platonic love declarations and cryptic references to his unattainable beauty. It almost reads as

Petrarca’s own psychoanalytical notepad.

For centuries these sonnets have formed an inspiration for numerous poets. They were set to music

by excellent composers such as de Machaut, Willaert, Lassus, Monteverdi, Shubert, Liszt and

Schönberg.

Frank Vaganée Trio: Frank Vaganée (alto sax, soprano sax, composition/arrangement) - Jos Machtel (doucle bass) - Lionel Beuvens (drums, percussion)

Zefiro Torna: Kerlijne Van Nevel (vocals) - Didier François (nyckelharpa) - Jurgen De bruyn (theorbo, lute, vocals)