Travel to the great courts of 17th-century Italy for this concert of early Baroque music. The ‘heavenly’ (Gramophone) ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro and countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński perform songs, arias and instrumental numbers from their recent album Beyond.
Songs include arias by the ‘father of opera’ Claudio Monteverdi and his pupil Francesco Cavalli. Tender love songs by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Francesco Cavalli and Barbara Strozzi also feature. Discover lesser-known vocal and instrumental gems too, including three varied opera arias by the Neapolitan composer Giovanni Cesare Netti.
Il Pomo d’Oro’s instrumentalists will also get the chance to show off their skills in elegant pieces by Biagio Marini, Johann Caspar Kerll, Carlo Pallavicino and the leading Polish Baroque composer Adam Jarzębski.
Presented by Edinburgh International Festival
(BBC Music Magazine)"One of the most brilliant ensembles on the early music stage today."
(The Times)"[Jakub Józef Orliński is] a wonderful artist and a genuine star."
Programme
Jakub Józef Orliński Countertenor
Monteverdi ‘E pur io torno qui’ from L’incoronazione di Poppea; 'Voglio di vita uscir'
Marini ‘Passacalio’ from Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale Op 22
Caccini ‘Amarilli, mia bella’ from Le nuove musiche
Frescobaldi ‘Così mi disprezzate’ from Arie musicali, Book 1
Kerll Sonata for Two Violins in F
Strozzi Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op 2: L’amante consolato
Cavalli ‘Incomprensibil nume’ from Pompeo Magno
Pallavicino Sinfonia from Demetrio
Netti ‘Misero core’, ‘Si, si, si scioglia si’, ‘Dolcissime catene’ from La Filli
Sartorio ‘La certezza di tua fede’ from Antonino e Pompeiano
Netti ‘Quanto più la donna invecchia’ and ‘Son vecchia, patienza’ from L'Adamiro
Jarzębski ‘Tamburetta’ from Canzoni e concerti
Moratelli ‘Lungi dai nostri cor’ from La Faretra smarrita
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