Spain's Jordi Savall, early music 'spy,' brings his ensemble to Ottawa

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The noted conductor, bandleader and viola da gamba player, and the group Hespèrion XXI will play the Carleton Dominion\u002DChalmers Centre

Jordi Savall likens the pioneering musical work that he did more than five decades ago to the efforts of an archeologist or even a spy.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.

“I was astonished,” Savall says. “I discovered hundreds of pieces, one more beautiful as another, and nobody was playing them.” Music has been a vital part of Savall’s life since he was a child. He fondly recalls his mother’s lovely singing voice and he sang in a choir from the age of six to 13. “When you start so early, the music becomes like a very important language to you,” Savall says.

 

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