Dolce Follia
Dolce Follia
« Su la cetra amorosa » (ciaccona), Tarquinio Merula
"Yo soy la locura" (courtly tune) Henry de Bailly
"Quando voglio", (aria from Cesare in Egitto) Antonio Sartorio
Sonata in D minor, variations on "La Follia" RV 63 , Antonio Vivaldi
« Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla nanna », Tarquinio Merula
Sonata RV 44 n°7 for cello, (Allemande), Antonio Vivaldi
"Sento in seno", (aria from Tieteberga, RV 737), Antonio Vivaldi
Tarantelas, extrait du Codex Salivar (Mexico), Santiago de Murcia
Tarentelles napolitaines instrumentales, Anonyme
« Donna Isabella", (canzone napolitane), Anonyme
"Cum dederit", (aria from Nisi Dominus, RV 608), Antonio Vivaldi
"La Carpinese, (tarantella) Anonymous
"Cachua Serranita", extract from the Martines Compañon Codex (Trujillo, Peru), Anonymous
Heather Newhouse, soprano
Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu
Franck-Emmanuel Comte, harpsichord and musical direction
Grégoire Durrande, electronic compositions
Pascal Cacouault, sound engineer
Antoine Hansberger, light
On stage :
Acoustic version: 1 soloist, 7 instrumentalists (strings, theorbo, harpsichord, percussions)
Electronic version: 1 soloist, 7 instrumentalists (strings, theorbo, harpsichord, percussions) +1 sound engineer recquired
“Folia”, a word from Portugal meaning “merrymaking” or “revelry”, is linked to working-class (shepherds and farmers). It simply consists of ascending ground basses on eight bars with variation (or “diferencias”). Adopted first by Italians then all of Europe, it evolves with virtuosity under Corelli or Vivaldi’s pen. Its style and spirit evoke for now on freedom and creativity.
Dolce Follia, is inspired by the hip-hop choreography Folia, a performance created with Mourad Merzouki for the Festival Les Nuits de Fourvière. This program preserves the energy and inventiveness given by dance. Hybrid music from Iberian Peninsula to southern Italy are inviting us to a journey through time. Refined repertoire from palazzi is rubbing shoulders with Napoli rough areas. Folias, tarentellas, passacailles and chaconnes are the musical framework of this program.
WATCH
JAZZ'IN LYON – 01/12/2024 – Dominique Largeron
“A joyous, danceable piece, with plenty of percussion, not far from the spirit of jazz, particularly in terms of the wild energy it exudes, served up by some excellent performers, including a particularly inspired Canadian soprano, Heather Newhouse.”
BAROQUIADES – 10/12/2024 – Dimitri Morel
“This second part of the concert opens with the magnificent voice of soprano Heather Newhouse. Her voice is wonderfully diffused in the chapel, roaming the stage with a languorous sound, like a seductive echo singing in the audience's ear. Her voice embodies madness (Yo soy la locura) with a striking gravity that gives this well-known work a remarkable originality. [...] This gentle madness goes on and on, highlighting the exceptional cohesion and warm complicity that unites the members on stage. Once again the audience gives them a standing ovation!”
With the support of SPEDIDAM.
Dolce Follia is inspired by the ballet Folia, co-created with Mourad Merzouki for the Nuits de Fourvière. This programme is available in two versions that express the energy, inventiveness and choreographic intentions:
- Baroque and electro instruments:
The instrumentalists play accompanied by the electro soundtrack created by Grégoire Durrande for the ballet which participates in the magic of the show.
Sound system for the 7 instrumentalists + 1 soloist
Sound diffusion system (electro part)
1 harpsichord tuned in 415Hz - Baroque instruments without electro
In halls with a capacity of more than 250 seats, sound system for 7 instrumentalists + 1 soloist
1 harpsichord tuned in 415Hz
