Folk Songs and Dances Ensemble of the National Theatre of Tirana.

Albanian Iso-Polyphony

Traditional music inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list since 2005.

This oral polyphonic tradition permeates the cultural and social life especially of southern Albania, where it is lived as a millenary collective heritage.

in collaborazione con / v sodelovanju s / in collaboration with / in Zusammenarbeit mit
TKOBAP – National Theater of Opera and Ballet of Albania

si ringrazia in particolare / za sodelovanje se zahvaljujemo / Special thanks to / mit besonderem Dank an die
Parrocchia di Brazzano / Župnija Bračan / Parish of Brazzano / Pfarrgemeinde Brazzano

Vajzë e valave
(Ragazza delle onde / Dekle valov / Girl of the Waves / Mädchen der Wellen)

Tundu Bejk e bardhë
(Bianco agnello dall’agile corpo / Zibajoče se belo jagnje / White Lamb with the Graceful Body / Weißes Lamm mit gewandtem Körper)

Vito të kam si lloin
(Vito, mi piaci / Vito, ljubim te / Vito, I Like You / Vito, du gefällst mir)

Thëllëza që shkel mbi ves
(La pernice che calpesta rugiada / Jerebica, ki stopa po rosi / The Partridge Walking on the Dew / Das Rebhuhn, das durch den Tau läuft)

Ç’bën moj ti atje përposht
(Cosa stai facendo laggiù? / Kaj delaš tam spodaj? / What Are You Doing Down There? / Was machst du da unten?)

Atje te ura mbi lumë
(Laggiù, al ponte sul fiume / Tam pri mostu čez reko / Down There, by the Bridge over the River / Unten an der Brücke über den Fluss)

Kopile moj kopile
(Mio bastardo, mio ​​bastardo / Moj nesrečni otrok / My Rascal, My Rascal / Mein Bastard, mein Bastard)

Janinës çi panë sytë
(Cosa videro gli occhi di Ioannina? / Kaj so videle Janinine oči? / What Did the Eyes of Ioannina See? / Was sahen Janinas Augen?)