This programme draws a line between two musical cultures: In Venice, we hear vivid contrasts, fluid forms, and vocal expressivity in the works of Cavalli, Strozzi, Pandolfi, Fontana, and Marini. In London, the mood shifts. Music becomes more introspective, shaped by dance, counterpoint, and finely measured speech. From Locke and Purcell to Dowland, Hume, and Byrd, these pieces reflect a different way of thinking. Yet echoes of Italian style remain, travelling not through scores but through memory, imitation, and exchange.
Programme:
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger Libro quarto d’intavolatura di chitarrone - Taccata Prima
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli Sonate a violino solo - Sonata Seconda ‘La Cesta’
Francesco Cavalli Xerse, Act I Scene I - Sinfonia & “Ombra mai fu” arr.
Giovanni Battista Fontana - Sonate a I, II, III per il Violino - Sonata Seconda
Giuseppe Cenci “Fuggi, fuggi, fuggi da questo cielo” arr.
Barbara Strozzi Cantate, ariette, e duetti - “Amor dormiglione” arr.
Biagio Marini Sonate, symphonie, canzoni - Sonata terza variata per il violino
Barbara Strozzi Are - “Che si può fare” arr.
-Interval-
Henry Purcell “She loves and she confesses” arr.
Matthew Locke Consorts of Two Parts for several friends - Suite No. 7 in C minor/Major
John Dowland Preludium & The Frog Galliard
Tobias Hume The First Part of Ayres, French, Polish and Others - Captaine Humes Pavan
Nicholas Lanier Selected Ayres and Dialogues - “No more shall meads” arr.
Henry Eccles Premier livre de sonates à violon seul et la basse - Sonata Undecimo
William Byrd “John come kiss me now” arr.
Bellot Ensemble Trio:
Lucine Musaelian voice & viola da gamba,
Edmund Taylor violin
Daniel Murphy theorbo & lute
The concert will be followed by a buffet supper referencing 17th-century Italian grand dining! £5 from each ticket will go to the Camden Music Trust. The Trust supports music in Camden schools with particular emphasis on children who might not otherwise have access to instruments or music lessons.