La Donna Barocca
The feminine baroque
La Donna Barocca
The feminine baroque
Francesca Caccini
« Chi desia » (Canzonette)
Barbara Strozzi
L’Eraclito amoroso (Lamento)
Francesca Caccini
« Fresche aurette » (Canzonette)
Marco Uccellini
Sonate seconda « Luciminia contenta » op.4 : Adagio, presto, adagio, presto, adagio
Antonia Bembo
Air « Ah, que l’absence »
Barbara Strozzi
« Mie pensieri » (Aria extrait de l’op.6)
Antonia Bembo
Lamento della Vergine
Isabella Leonarda
Sonata Dodecima : Adagio, allegro e presto, Vivave e largo, Spiritoso
Barbara Strozzi
« Lagrime mie » (Lamento)
Isabella Leonarda
Sonata Dodecima
Aria Allegro, Veloce
Barbara Strozzi
La Vendetta (Canzonette)
Heather Newhouse, soprano
Sayaka Shinoda, violin
Aude Walker-Viry, cello
Nicolas Muzy, theorbo and guitar
Franck-Emmanuel Comte, harpsichord and musical direction
On stage:
Partial : 3 artists (soprano, cello, theorbo)
Full : 5 artists (soprano, violin, cello, harpsichord, theorbo)
In the 17th century, Italy witnessed a veritable flowering of female composers. While some, like Isabella Leonarda, had access to musical education in the convent in order to compose, Italy was also home to the first established professional women composers, such as Barbara Strozzi (born 400 years ago), a symbolic figure of Venetian musical genius, as well as Antonia Bembo and Francesca Caccini, all of whom came from intellectual families and were encouraged in their path.
Gabrielle Oliveira Guyon
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