Cantiga I/Tonnta Farraigí Vigo

Cantiga I / Tonnta Farraigí Vigo is an audio-visual project based on new interpretations and re-imaginings of the iconic Mediaeval Galician poem “Ondas do mar de Vigo” (“Cantiga I”) by Galician poet Martín Codax (mid-13th c). This is the first of seven extant poetic compositions in the genre of cantigas d’amigo (songs/poems of the beloved) attributed to the poet and found in the manuscript Pergamino Vindel, now in The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Vindel MS M979). In this project, the original Galician text is presented for the first time alongside, and in dialogue with, its translation into Irish, by renowned traditional singer and instrumentalist Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich.