An educational programme on early music. Today, we will be visiting princess Sophie Charlotte of Hanover, elector of Brandenburg and Queen of Prussia. We will hear music from composers from her surroundings.
Agostino Steffani (1654 – 1728)
1 Crudo amor morir mi sento
2 Che volete o crude pene
Andréanne Brisson Paquin, Sherezade Panthaki, soprano. Reginald Mobley, countertenor. Scott Brunscheen, tenor. Mischa Bouvier, bass. Alexa Haynes-Pilon, cello. Deborah Fox, theorbo and guitar. Jory Vinikour, harpsichord and conductor
(CD: “A son très-humble service”. Musica Omnia mo0802, 2020)
Attilio Ariosti (1666 – 1729)
From: 6 cantatas and 6 lessons for viola d’amore (Londen, 1724)
3 Cantate No 1, “La Rosa”
– Allegro
– Largo
– Recitative
– Vivace
Laurie Reviol, soprano. Musica Solare
(CD: “The Flowering and Fading of Love”. Naxos 8.557573, 2006)
Giuseppe Torelli (1658 – 1709)
4 Concerto Op. 6 No. 1 in G major (1698)
– Presto – adagio
– Allegro
– Adagio
– Allegro
5 Concerto Op. 6 No. 2 in E minor (1698)
– Allegro
– Adagio
– Presto
Charivari Agréable conducted by Kah-Ming Ng
(CD: “The original Brandenburg concertos”. Signum Records SIGCD 157, 2011)
Arcangelo Corelli (1653 – 1713)
6 Sonata Op. 5 No. 8 in E minor (1700)
– Preludio largo
– Allemanda allegro
– Sarabanda largo
– Giga allegro
Rémy Baudet, violin. Jaap ter Linden, cello. Mike Fentross, theorbo and guitar. Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord
(CD: “Corelli – Violin sonatas Op. 5.” Brilliant Classics 95597, 2018, recording from 2004)
Attilio Ariosti
From: 6 cantatas and 6 lessons for viola d’amore (Londen, 1724)
7 Lesson No. 5 in E minor
– Vivace
– Largo
– Giga
8 From Lesson No. 3 in E minor
– Allemanda
Thomas Georgi, viola d’amore. Lucas Harris, theorbo, archlute, baroque guitar. Joëlle Morton, viola da gamba, violone
(CD: “Attilio Ariosti – The Stockholm Sonatas I.” BIS Records BIS-CD-1535, 2007)
Picture: Sophie Charlotte from Hanover
