Ricercar Consort, Núria Rial, Carlos Mena, Philippe Pierlot

Núria Rial, soprano | Carlos Mena, countertenor | Ricercar Consort Philippe Pierlot, viola da gamba and direction

PROGRAMME

B. Strozzi: «Al battitor di bronzo della sua crudelissima Dama» / «Quante volte ti bacio» / «Dialogo in partenza. Anima del mio core» / «L'Eraclito amoroso» / Anonymous: «Tocatta – La Moniche» / «Ruggiero –Ciaccona» / Sigismondo d'India: «Langue al vostro languir» / «Amico, hai vinto» (de Lamento di Clorinda) / «Giunto alla tomba» (de Lamento di Tancredi) / B. de Selma y Salaverde: «Susanna passeggiata» / C. Monteverdi: «O come sei gentile» / «Voglio di vita uscir» / «Quel sguardo sdegnosetto» / «Pur ti miro, pur ti godo»

Between 1573 and 1582, a circle of Florentine musicians, intellectuals and artists formed under the leadership of Count Bardi to revive the art of theatrical declamation favoured by the writers of Greek antiquity. From the deliberations and debates of the circle there arose a style of declamation (recitative) and a new genre (opera), which in subsequent years would develop into ever more complex forms of expression. This concert will enable us to experience some of the most beautiful works to be composed following the guidelines laid down by the Bardi Camerata. From the work of the Venetian woman composer, Barbara Strozzi, to the music of the great Claudio Monteverdi, the concert will be a fascinating demonstration of the great expressive power the seconda prattica style was capable of achieving.