Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – 7:30 pm
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
400, rue Saint-Paul Est
Montréal, H2Y 1H4

Bus Bus : 170, 30, 350, 355, 364, 365
Métro Métro : Champs-de-Mars

SUMMARY

A program of Italian music from the first half of the 17th century that allows us to rediscover a rare instrument—the lirone—, a sort of bass viol with multiple strings that can produce the necessary chords for basso continuo. Mainly used to accompany both the tears and joys of the heavens, it lends its particular sound to the various instrumental and vocal works on the program, including Monteverdi’s sublime Lamento d’Arianna.

PROGRAM

Passionate expression in Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Francesca Caccini, Kapsberger and Merula

Giulio Caccini (1551-1618)
Air Angel’ divin’ for soprano and continuo

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Lamento d’Arianna for soprano and continuo

Francesca Caccini (1587-1641)
Air Io veggio i campi for soprano and continuo
Air Che e costei que qual sorgente aurora for soprano and continuo

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Canzona for cello and continuo nº 2

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (v. 1580-1651)
Toccata for theorbo nº 6 and Gaillarde for theorbo nº 7

Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665)
Sonata cromatica for hapsichord

Francesca Caccini (1587-1641)
Air Io veggio i campi for soprano and continuo
Air Che e costei que qual sorgente aurora for soprano and continuo

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Canzona for cello and continuo nº 2

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (v. 1580-1651)
Toccata for theorbo nº 6 and Gaillarde for theorbo nº 7

Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665)
Sonata cromatica fot harpsichord

DISTRIBUTION

Paulina Francisco, soprano

Space Time Continuo Ensemble