The Italian Dream
Schedule
Sun, 02 Feb, 2025 at 03:15 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Sint-Lambertuskerk (Kralingen) | Rotterdam, ZH
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As Italy of the 16th century once again claimed its place as the artistic heart of Europe, it became a crucible of creativity not solely through its own sons and daughters but through the vital contributions of those who lived on its margins. Foreign composers, women artists, and those displaced by faith or war found themselves at the edges of the Italian cultural sphere, yet their voices and visions profoundly shaped its artistic core. This program seeks to illuminate those margins and their indispensable role in creating the rich tapestry of Renaissance and early Baroque music.Concert program:
-Maddalena Casulana
Aura che mormorando al bosco
Caro dolce mio Amore
Come fiammeggia e splende
-Giaches de Wert
Non mi conosci tu
M'ha punt' Amor
Voglia mi vien per dare al cor ristoro
Tu canti e canto anch'io
-Peter Philips
Factum est silentium
Cantantibus organis
-Claudio Monteverdi
Ecco mormorar l'onde
Hor che'l ciel e la terra
-Raffaella Aleotti
Surge, propera amica mea
The repertoire bridges the extraordinary diversity of these figures. From the Flemish expatriate Giaches se Wert, to Maddalena Casulana, whose five-voice madrigals reveal a female composer’s unprecedented mastery, celebrated by none other than Orlando di Lasso. Peter Philips, an Englishman exiled for his Catholic faith, traversed the European continent, blending influences as he crafted works teeming with vivid imagery—lions, dragons, angels—that rise to meet the heavens. And in the works of Raffaella Aleotti, we hear a convent-bound composer reaching for communion with the stars themselves.
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Where is it happening?
Sint-Lambertuskerk (Kralingen), Stichting Venster op Muziek in de Lambertus, Oostzeedijk Beneden, 3063 Rotterdam, Nederland,Rotterdam, NetherlandsEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
