From one of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities come a dynamic all-male sextet set on preserving, resurrecting and modernizing traditional repertoires that were once kept confined within the four walls of the church.
With their music inspired by popular religious songs in Occitan (an old French tongue), from famous churches such as the Notre Dames des Doms, La Cor de la Plana is led by Manu Theron, Sebastien Spessa and Benjamin Novarino-Giano, 3 of the most accomplished ressurective musicians in France. Breaking from the typical sound mould of religious songs, instruments such as the North African bender, the taburello and even body percussions are thrown in their performances.
A performance by Lo Cor de la Plana can simply be described as colourful beyond imagination; erase the thoughts of dreary church tunes from your mind as you will be taken on a whirlwind expedition of different sounds such as baby gurgling to the baying of sheep interspersed with their songs, to the classical tones of Bartok right up till the renowned Massilia Sound System.
Having performed to multitudes of audiences, the group have garnered rave reviews by notorious media of having the capabilities of breathing new life into their performances with such a somber base.
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