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Sands Films Studio
82, St Marychurch Street
Rotherhithe
London
SE16 4HZ
England
Programme
Francesco Cavalli – L'Ormindo: Prologue
Francesco Cavalli – Il Rapimento di Elena, Act III Scene I: Duet 'Ecco l'Idolo Mio'
Barbara Strozzi – Lagrime mie
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger – Figlio, dormi
Francesco Cavalli – Il Rapimento di Elena: Act III Scene vii
Anonymous – Tarantella del Gargano
Anonymous – La Riturnella
Claudio Monteverdi – L'incoronazione di Poppea: duet 'Pur ti miro'
Performers
Camilla Seale – mezzo-soprano
Jessica Eucker – soprano
Ilana Cravitz – baroque violin
Maxim Del Mar – baroque violin
Harry Buckoke – viola da gamba
Peter Martin – theorbo
Oliver Doyle – director / harpsichord
Musica Antica Rotherhithe
Programme Note
Musica Antica Rotherhithe present a programme of arias and duets by three generations of Italian composers: Claudio Monteverdi, his student and successor as the greatest living composer of his time, Francesco Cavalli, and his student and most famous female composer of the age, Barbara Strozzi. The music of three composers who made their names in Venice is paired with beautiful and rarely-heard Calabrian folk songs of the period.
This performance also celebrates the release of ‘Arias, Duets and Ensembles from the operas of Francesco Cavalli’, edited and translated by director Oliver Doyle, and made available for free through the generosity of the Cavallii Charity.
'Handsomely recommended'
Roderic Dunnett - The Church Times
'Courage well-rewarded'
Robert Hugill - Planet Hugill
'Long may Musica Antica continue to unearth these rare treasures and perform them with style and beauty.'
Owen Davies - Plays to See
