concert

Il Barocco musicale romano

Concert II

Morts sur le Tibre

12.11.2024

Cantatas by Bononcini, Handel, Monteclair, Caldara, Trio sonatas by Valentini and Bononcini
This concert is part of a collaboration with the Galleria Borghese and I Concerti nel Parco.

As infamous as the Nile, the banks of the Tiber have never been safe. Since ancient Rome, they have witnessed many violent deaths: the assassination of emperors, the elimination of rivals, crimes of passion, ambushes and summary executions have always stirred up the underworld of the city-world. In the Baroque age, this remained unchanged: in the small world of aristocratic palaces, home to princes and cardinals, conspiracy and murder were the order of the day. Caravaggio himself had to flee the city after killing a man during a brawl. In these same palaces, the Greats listened to music and promoted the cantata genre, a kind of miniature opera. Among them, and perhaps to exorcise this fear of violent death, some echoed the bloody events that had shaken the banks of the Tiber: Handel set the scene of Lucretia murdered by her son Nero, and the Frenchman Montéclair, imitating the Italians, wrote a Morte di Lucrezia. Bononcini and others stage other disappearances, often those of shepherds whose impossible love leads them to take their own lives. As you can see, the Tiber jealously guards its dark secrets; Hemiolia invites you to unravel its mysteries.

 

Distribution

Soprano Camille Poul
Violins Emmanuel Resche and Augusta MacKay Lodge
Cello Claire Lamquet
Organ Denis Comtet
Harpsichord Takahisa Aida
Theorbo Pierre Rinderknecht

Practical information

Tuesday, November 12
8:00 pm
Grand salon of Villa Medici

Reservation

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

Telephone : + 39.6. 5816987
Mobile / WhatsApp : +39.339.8041777
Mail : [email protected]

This concert is part of a collaboration with the Galleria Borghese

With the generous support of Aline Foriel-Destezet

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