Le Salon: RossoPorpora

Le Salon: RossoPorpora

Alone, pensive, the poet wanders through a desolate landscape. In the sonnet Solo et pensoso, Petrarch sends his protagonist, bewildered by love—but also his reader—on an internal quest. Composers such as Nasco, Lassus, Wert, and Marenzio each gave the emotionally charged poetry a different voice. RossoPorpora reveals how composers take different musical paths with the same verses, between serene clarity and whimsical chromaticism. Subject matter for a fascinating salon in which Simon Mulder and RossoPorpora – word and music – circle around each other.

Host: Simon Mulder
Language: Dutch, English

Programme

• Works by:

• Composer(s):

  Luca Marenzio

• Poet(s):

  Petrarca
  
  Programme subject to change

Musicians

• Cristina Fanelli cantus
• Marta Pacifici alto
• Raffaele Giordani tenor
• Giacomo Schiavo quinto
• Guglielmo Buonsanti bass
• Walter Testolin musical direction
• Simon Mulder recitation