Concert

Il Barocco musicale romano

Giacomo Carissimi

29.10.2024

  • Artists
  • Le chœur Musicanova
  • Silvia Frigato
  • Riccardo Martinini
  • Furio Zanasi
This concert is part of a collaboration with the Galleria Borghese.

Three hundred and fifty years ago, in January 1674, Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) died in Rome, one of the greatest composers of the 17th century, described by his contemporary Athanasius Kircher as “Master of musical Europe”. Carissimi was particularly renowned for his oratorios in Latin, dramatic and musical compositions with a religious theme. His most famous works include Jephte, Jonas, Judicium Salomonis and many others. To celebrate his greatness, Villa Medici will host a concert as part of the I Borghese e la Musica project, promoted by the Galleria Borghese. The event will feature Historia di Jephte, considered his masterpiece, composed around 1649. The Oratorio recounts the story of Jephthah, leader of the Israelites, who, to secure victory over the Ammonites, vows to sacrifice to God the first living creature that comes to meet him after his victory. As he runs to celebrate, it is his only daughter who presents herself to him, and the joy of triumph is suddenly transformed into tragedy. The great dramatic page of the Lamento della Filia has remained a symbol of this early Baroque rhetoric and musical writing, which was synthesized in the Teoria degli Affetti. The concert opens with two choral pieces performed by the Musicanova choir.

Program

DIXIT DOMINUS for double choir and continuo

VENI SPONSA CHRISTI for 6-voice choir and continuo

ORATORIO JEPHTEfor soloists, choir and continuo

 

Filia : Silvia Frigato
Jephte : Furio Zanasi
Historicus : Serena Marino, Francesca Romana Giubilei, Luliia Petrochenko Musicanova Choir conducted by Fabrizio Barchi

Guido Morini – Organ

Henriette Urban – Harp

Marco Contessi – Double bass

Riccardo Martinini – Cello and direction

Riccardo Martinini

Furio Zanasi

Silvia Frigato

Le chœur Musicanova

Reservation

20:00

Grand salon of the Villa Medici

This concert is part of a collaboration with the Galleria Borghese and I Concerti nel Parco.

Tickets for the show can be purchased on site on the day of the event, from 6:00 p.m. until the start of the show, subject to reservation at the following contacts:

Telephone : + 39.6. 5816987

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