Thou singest ye carol

This episode of Die Sanck een Liedt features Duo Bilitis, with Eva Tebbe and Ekaterina Levental exploring the musical possibilities of two harps and a mezzo-soprano voice. Their arrangements bring a fresh perspective to music by Debussy, Granados, de Falla and Montsalvatge.

The duo’s name is inspired by Debussy’s atmospheric Chansons de Bilitis, composed to texts by Pierre Louÿs.

Playlist

1. Enrique Granados – Preludio, from Valses poéticos, arranged for two harps by Colard and Levental
   Duo Bilitis (Eva Tebbe and Ekaterina Levental)
2. Claude Debussy – Trois Chansons de Bilitis, arranged by Tebbe and Levental; texts by Pierre Louÿs
   Duo Bilitis

3. Manuel de Falla – Siete canciones populares españolas, arranged by Carlos Salzedo
   1. El paño moruno
   2. Seguidilla murciana
   3. Asturiana
   4. Jota
   5. Nana
   6. Canción
   7. Polo
      Duo Bilitis (two harps and mezzo-soprano)
4. Xavier Montsalvatge (1912–2002) – Cinco canciones negras, arranged by Ekaterina Levental
   1. Cuba dentro de un piano
   2. Punto de habanera
   3. Chévere
   4. Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito
   5. Canto negro
      Duo Bilitis
5. Claude Debussy – Proses lyriques, CD 90, arranged by Ekaterina Levental
   Texts by Claude Debussy
   1. De rêve
   2. De grève
   3. De fleurs
   4. De soirs
      Duo Bilitis