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.
Pictures
©William Sundfor
©William Sundfor
©Karelle Perdrizet
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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
« Cette seconde partie de concert débute avec la magnifique voix de la soprano Heather Newhouse. Sa voix se diffuse à merveille dans la chapelle, parcourant la scène avec une sonorité langoureuse, tel un séduisant écho qui vient chanter au creux de l’oreille du spectateur. Par sa voix, elle incarne la Folie (Yo soy la locura) avec une saisissante gravité qui confère à cette œuvre connue une remarquable originalité. […] Cette douce folie n’en finit pas et met en lumière l’exceptionnelle cohésion et la chaleureuse complicité qui unit les membres sur scène. Une fois encore le public les applaudit c’est une véritable ovation qui leur est réservé ! »
RESMUSICA | 03.10.2024 | Stéphane Reecht
“What strikes you straight away is the freedom of tone of the musicians of the Concert de l'Hostel Dieu. Preludes are improvised, one instrument entering after another, before the piece really begins, as in Santiago de Murcia's tarantella. [...] The assurance and cohesion of the ensemble are impressive. Heather Newhouse's soprano voice has only to settle on this superb instrumental background. By turns rousing, heroic and tragic, the Canadian soprano's expression always hits the mark.”
With the support of SPEDIDAM.
