La Donna Barocca
Baroque au féminin
La Donna Barocca
Baroque au féminin
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 scope of its project Baroque au féminin (Women in the Baroque era), Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu has chosen to dedicate its programme La Donna Barocca to Italian women composers. During the 17th century, women composers flourished in Italy. While convent life made it possible for some of them, like Isabella Leonarda, to access musical education and to compose, an intellectual family background was what gave the opportunity and encouragement to others, such as Barbara Strozzi (born 400 years ago), an emblematic figure of the Venetian musical genius, but also Antonia Bembo and Francesca Caccini, to become the first self-assertive professional women composers.
Gabrielle Oliveira Guyon
In partnership with Institut culturel italien de Lyon, l’Université catholique de Lyon and Hommes-Femmes (HF) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes' Association.