Walther von der Vogelweide - CD Recording with the Bavarian National Radio

With concerts, a blog and a documentary film, we illuminate the life and work of one of the most important minnesingers: Walther von der Vogelweide (ca. 1170 - ca. 1230)

Extensive collections of his texts survived and were widely propogated over a period of 400 years after his death, but only a few melodies and hardly any historical sources on his life. Walther traveled as an itinerant singer in Austria, Germany (including Passau and Würzburg) and South Tyrol, performing his art at the most influential courts of his time. In his critical lyrics, he provocatively exhorts kings and popes to act honorably. In his Minnelyrik, he formulated a new Minneideal and turned the courtly etiquette that had been praised until then on its head.

Through blogs, concerts, a CD, and a documentary film, the project explores the life of this unique medieval artist through a variety of contemporary media.

BLOG: Walther von der Vogelweide

Musicians: Félix Verry - fidel | Vincent Kibildis - harp | Joel Frederiksen - voice, citole | Anne Azéma - voice, hurdy-gurdy

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung durch „Klangwert – Aventis Foundation Ensemble-Förderung“