This hour features a new, special CD with early music.
In this programme: Solos and Concertos by Arcangelo Corelli performed by Estro Cromatico and conducted by Marco Scorticati. We will also feature the first opera by a female composer (Francesca Caccini) performed by the Huelgas Ensemble and conducted by Paul van Nevel.
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
1. Sonata opus 5.nr.7 in g minor (London 1702), for recorder and basso continuo
– Preludio. Vivace
– Corrente. Allegro
– Sarabanda. Adagio
– Giga. Allegro
2. Concerto grosso “Fatto per la notte di Natale’. opus 6 nr.8 in g minor (London 1725)
for two recorders and basso continuo, cello, theorbo, harpsichord and organ
– Vivace –Grave
– Allegro
– Adagio-Allegro –Adagio
– Vivace
– Allegro
– Pastorale –Largo
Estro Cromatico conducted by Marco Scorticati
(CD Solos and Concertos Fitted for the Flutes – Arcangelo Corelli, Arcana A 112, 2019)
Francesca Caccini (1587-na 1641)
From: La liberazione di Ruggiero dal’isola d’Alcina:
3. Sinfonia – Nettune ‘Non perche congiurati’
4. Sinfonia – Melissa: ‘Cosi perfide Alcina’
5. Ruggiero: Quanto per dolce
6. Una delle piante incantate ‘ Ruggier de danni asprissimi’…
Huelgas Ensemble conducted by Paul van Nevel
(CD La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina – Francesca Caccini, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88985338762, 2018)