Ceruleo – Concerts in the West

The early music ensemble play Restoration and 17th century Italian repertoire. 

Taking communication, collaboration and experimentation as the basis to grow as a group, Ceruleo create dramatic programmes using spoken text alongside music for two sopranos and continuo. Every member of the group performs as a soloist, and Ceruleo use all available combinations of instruments and voices to create innovative and captivating performances. They specialise in performing the music of Restoration England and Seventeenth Century Italy.

Ceruleo formed in 2014 at The Guildhall School, and were subsequently invited to be Artist Fellows there for 2016/17. They have performed at venues including St John’s Smith Square, St Martin-in-the Fields, the Courtauld Gallery and for City Music Society, The London Handel Festival, the Folkestone Literature Festival and live on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’. They created and premiered ‘Rival Queens’, an immersive operatic experience, for Handel and Hendrix in London.

Jenni Harper, Emily Owen, sopranos
Kinga Gáborjáni, viola da gamba
Satoko Doi-Luck, harpsichord

Programme

Selection from:
Barbara Strozzi  Sonetto proemio dell’opera – Mercé di voi, Op 1
Girolamo Frescobaldi  La Riamata da chi amava, Op 2 Canzona quinta detta la Tromboncina
Barbara Strozzi  Begl’occhi, bel seno, bei crini, e bella bocca, Op 2
Tarquinio Merula  Desideri vani, Op 3 Toccata del secondo tono, Composizioni per organo e cembalo
Barbara Strozzi  Che si può fare, Op 8
Alessandro Piccinini  Partite variate sopra l’aria Francese detta l’Alemana
Barbara Strozzi  Sospira, respira, Op 6
Tarquinio Merula  L’Amante segreto, Op 2 La Bianca, Canzoni overo Sonate concertate
Barbara Strozzi  chiesa e camera Op 12 I baci, Op 2
Biagio Marini  La sol fa, mi, re, do, Op 2 La Caotorta, Gagliarda a 2
Barbara Strozzi  Amante ravveduto, Op 6 – Begli occhi, Op 3

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