Normally, composers have a clear idea of how a piece should be cast and how it should sound. However, now and then, the imagination of the musicians is called for. Especially in the Italian instrumental music of the early 17th century, one can find in some sheet music the indication "con ogni sorte di strumente musicale". Any combination of musical instruments is allowed here. The four-member ensemble pseudonym, consisting of graduates from the prestigious Early Music Academy Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, dedicates itself to this rather free form of historical performance practice, bringing to life imaginative sonatas and enchanting dance music with the traverse flute, violin, viola da gamba, and keyboard instruments, coaxing out special timbres. Monteverdi, Palestrina, and others would be thrilled!

A special concert by WDR 3 Early Music in NRW.

Featuring:

Ensemble pseudonym

The program:

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643): Sinfonia from "Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi"

Dario Castello (1602–1631): Sonata decima from "Sonate concertate in stilo moderno, Libro secondo"

Biagio Marini (1594–1663): "Il Zontino", Balletto a 3 from "Affetti musicali” op. 1

Marco Uccellini (1603–1680): Aria decima quinta sopra la scatola da gli agghi from "Sonate, correnti et arie" op. 4

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643): Canzon quarta a 2 from "Canzoni da sonare a una, due, tre et quattro"

Marco Uccellini: Corrente decima ottava and Corrente decima terza from "Sonate, correnti et arie" op. 4

Corrente vigesima from "Ozia Regio" op. 7

Giovanni Picchi (ca. 1571–1643): Canzon sesta from "Canzoni di sonar con ogni sorte d’istromenti"

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ca. 1525–1594): "Pulchra es amica mea" from "Motettorum, Liber quartus"

Giovanni Picchi: Canzon ottava from "Canzoni di sonar con ogni sorte d’istromenti"

Tarquino Merula (1595–1665): "Ballo detto Eccardo" from "Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera" op. 12

Biagio Marini: Passacalio a 4 from "Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale" op. 22

Sonata a 3 "La Foscarina" from "Affetti musicali" op. 1

Salomone Rossi (1570–1630): Gagliarda a 3 detta la Norsina from "Il primo libro delle sinfonie et gagliarde"

Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata prima from "Toccate e partite d’intavolatura, Libro primo"

Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589–1630): Sonata undecima from "Sonate a 1, 2, 3 per il violin o cornetto"

Antonio Falconieri (ca. 1585–1656): "L’Eroica: Ciaccona" from "Il primo libro di canzone, sinfonie, fantasie"

Salomone Rossi: Sinfonia 16 from "Sinfonie et gagliarde, Libro secondo"

Sonata sopra l’aria della Romanesca from "Varie sonate, sinfonie, gagliarde, Libro terzo"

Dario Castello: Sonata nona from "Sonate concertate in stilo moderno, Libro secondo"

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