Fabulous Fringe: i Passerotti

Fabulous Fringe: i Passerotti

This concert is part of the free fringe programme of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2026.

I Passerotti is an early music ensemble formed in The Hague in 2025 during a masterclass with Peter van Heyghen. The ensemble brings together Alexander Austin (harpsichord), Benjamin Lenzmeier (baroque violin) and Johanna Littger (recorder), all currently studying at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. United by a shared passion for 17th-century Italian music, they explore the vibrant possibilities of historical instruments and ensemble playing. Their repertoire focuses on the rich traditions of the early Italian Baroque, combining historically informed performance with improvisation and a lively approach to early music.

Programme

• Giovanni Gabrieli

  Intonazione nono

  c1554/57-1612
• Maurizio Cazzati

  Sonata Quarta ‘La Calcagnina’

  1616-1678
• Tarquinio Merula

  La Treccia

  1594/5-1665
• Dario Castello

  Sonata Prima

  c1590-c1658
• Giuseppe Scarani

  Sonata Sesta

  fl. 1628-1641
• Francesco Rognoni Taeggio

  Diminutions on Pulchra es amica mea

• Philippus van Wichel

  Sonata Sexta

• Girolamo Allessandro Frescobaldi

  Toccata Nona

  1583-1643
• Tarquinio Merula

  Ballo detto Eccardo

• Claudio Monteverdi

  Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti
  
  Programme subject to change

  1567-1643

Musicians

• Johanna Littger recorder
• Benjamin Lenzmeier violin
• Finlay Hay baroque guitar, lute, theorbo
• Alexander Austin organ