La légende de Victor et Couronne dans les codices médiévaux
Vittore soldato martire
Hic est vere martyr
Adoremus
Christum
Beatus Victor dixit
Sebastianus dixit
Unde sacrifica
Ego non sacrifico

L’ira di Sebastiano, la mansuetudine di Vittore
Iratus
Sebastianus
Haec mors non est mors
Ad celi sublimia
Sebastianus autem dux
Praecepit dux

Divina volontà e gratitudine santa
Tunc iussit dux
Gratias tibi ago
Benedicite Deo

Martire della gloria
Iussit autem dux
Domini est terra
Gloria laus
Pazienza, tenacia, amore sacrificale
Tunc iussit dux acetum
Christi patientia
Tunc iussit dux suspendi

Lo strazio della croce, la forza della croce
Deus excelse
De la crudel
Onne homo ad alta voce

Nascita in cielo
Dixit dux
Congaudeant catholici

Vittore incoronato
Beatissimus Victor
Beatus es Victor Gratias tibi ago
Misit Dominus angelum sum
Beatus Victor orabat
In caminum ardentem
Sancte Victor martyr

Nel segno della croce
Crux forma
Cruci Domini
Portare

InUnum Ensemble

The recording of “La Leggenda di Vittore e Corona” focuses on themusical-liturgical repertoire that the ancient Venetian medieval tradition named after the two proto-martyrs. The source (Antifonario Marciano, Archivio di Stato di Venezia, 14th century) sings in the form of the minor liturgy of the Vespers the different moments of the Passio involving Vittore until he joined Corona in the martyrdom, reaching eternal glory. Far from representing only a local cult, the legend of Vittore and Corona is fully part of the history of Christianity and, in particular, of the defenseless yet determined struggle for the freedom of faith, thought and conscience. The style between the Gregorian and the Aquileian rite of the Marcian vespers (first performance in modern times) is very well accompanied by that of the polyphonic pieces taken from European codes of the same period, underlining the salient moments of the legend; the original alternation of the voices and medieval instruments between concordant monody and polyphonic dialogue connotes the performance of the InUnum Ensemble enhancing the narrative.