Artists
Fabio Biondi
Violin & Conductor
Ian Bostridge
Tenor
Program
Dario Castello
Sonata XV
Dario Castello
Sonata XVI a 4
Claudio Monteverdi
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Carlo Farina
Capriccio stravagante a 4 «Ein Kurtzweilig Quodlibet»
Henry Purcell
Incassum, Lesbia, incassum rogas (Trauergesang auf den Tod von Queen Mary II. Z 383)
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Toccata per l’Elevazione from Fiori Musicali Op. 12
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Bergamasca from Fiori Musicali Op. 12
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Capriccio sopra la Girolmeta from Fiori Musicali Op. 12
Claudio Monteverdi
Tempro la cetra
The Italian ensemble Europa Galante, founded in 1990 by Fabio Biondi, is known for its performances of instrumental, vocal, and operatic repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries. At the Pierre Boulez Saal, the musicians are joined by Ian Bostridge, one of today’s most stylistically versatile tenors, in works by Claudio Monteverdi and Henry Purcell that mark the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque era, including the dramatic madrigal Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda. Also heard are instrumental pieces by Carlo Farina and Dario Castello.