new programs
 

Giorno avventuroro

 

Dialogo della musica

Music from 17th century Rome: a dialogue between the Barberini family and Christina of Sweden. Some composers: Stefano Landi, Luigi Rossi, Marco Marazolli, Marc' Antonio Cesti and Alessandro Stradella

 

O bella Napoli

“Naples, the seaport town at the foot of the Vesuvius. There are few places in Europe where different musical worlds interpenetrate so intensely and where profane and religious music, classical music and folk music nestle up against each other. Naples, a city with a volcano breathing in its neck, with a direct connection to the entrails of the earth. Naples, a city swarming with ghosts who want to enthrall you” (free after Henning Bolte). A programme with a popular appeal in which folk music and foreign influences are clearly discernable.

 

Luceros y flores – Lights and Flowers

In this programme with Spanish profane and sacred music from the 17th century we carry the audience away to a world full of hope, faith, happiness, love and desire. Winking at the severe spiritual rules,  the Tonos humanos and divinos share the same musical form and the same passionate words to praise the elusive feelings and the passionate love of God or of a beloved.  
 

O La Primavera
A spring program with Italian and Spanish music with spring as theme.  Extra possibility: an exposition of roughly thirty small textile panels with spring flowers as a theme made by the artist Greet Boekholt (www.greetboekholt.nl)
 

Passo doble
 La Primavera and the flamenco dance group La Primavera!  (See www.masflamenco.com). Passion and temperament in a complete Spanish program.  Renaissance and baroque music are alternated with flamenco music.  Furthermore two music forms are also combined which creating in a new provocative form of expression.

Scene Amorose
Solo's and duets from Italian opera's from the 17th and 18th century
 

renaissance

 

Por amores me perdi

Spanish and Portuguese music from the renaissance

 

Le Printemps – Bon jour mon Cœur

French and German music from the Renaissance

 

The Spring: All in a garden green

English music from the Renaissance

 

La Primavera – The dawning of the Baroque

The rise of a new style originating from Italy spreading out over the rest of Europe

 

early baroque

 

“Passion and joy” Andrea Falconieri – Napless

a joyeus and lively program with surprising music

 

The Golden Age

music for church, courts and townhouses during the Dutch Golden Age (17^th century)

 

Concerto di natale

A Mediterranean Christmas program

 

 “England o England”

Keyfigures from the English Early Baroque with among others Morley, Hume, Dowland, Purcell and Locke

 

“One charming night” - Purcell

 

Concerto delle Donne

music by Italian women composers from the 17^th century

“compositions of Barbara Strozzi are performed in a sublime manner. By the way the whole ensemble is excellent, in instrumental as well as  vocal work.” (Marcel Bijlo, Tijdschrift Oude Muziek)

 

Barbara Strozzi – Venice : Drama and seduction

"It really felt like springtime in November: the music tingling, twinkling, sun drenched in a  heartwarming climate... The enthusiastic applause of the enchanted audience  was rewarded with an encore.." (Frans van den Eijnden, Eindhovens Dagblad)

 

Spain: iAy Amor!

A program full off sensuality, rhythm and dances

 

Passion and melancholy

impossible love and strong passionate around the Mediterraneam

 

Spring in Venice: Claudio Monteverdi and all

 

In stile moderno: The Trendsetters from the Early Baroque

“New Music” from Giulio Caccini and his temporaries

 

Cruel winds and wild beauty – natureprogram

Italian an Spanish music inspired by nature

  

A journey along the Italian courts in the 17^th century

Italian music from the courts of numerous Italian town states
 

La Folia d’amore

Passionate love songs surrounded by instrumental intermezzi

 

 

18^th century

 

Georg Philipp Telemann – virtuosity, joy and elegance

Throughout, they reveal a clear understanding of the music’s stylistic and affective demands, and they communicate the shape of the movements (and of individual phrases) with apparent spontaneity and captivating charm. A beautiful disc. URI GOLOMB Goldberg Magazine 2007 5 stars http://goldbergweb.com/en/discography/2007/54441.php

 

Johann Sebastian Bach – once and forever

 

Georg Friedrich Händel – A German in England

 

Plaisirs de Rois

An impressive program with French chambermusic from the time of the King of the Sun with the musical description of a gall stone operation from the 18^th century and a rescue operation from a dolphin.

 

Couperin/Bach

A combination of the French gallantry and the genial music of Bach