Fabulous Fringe: I Mastricelli

Fabulous Fringe: I Mastricelli

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

I Mastricelli is an early music ensemble founded in 2023 at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. Inspired by the young musicians who assisted the great masters of the Neapolitan conservatories, the ensemble places improvisation, arrangement and composition at the heart of its practice. Through cello, viola da gamba and other bass instruments, it explores the expressive power of the low register. Combining historical research with a living tradition, I Mastricelli connects Neapolitan folk music, Baroque repertoire and the musical exchange between Naples and Paris. The ensemble has performed across France, Spain and the Netherlands and released its debut album in 2026.

Programme

• I. Opening: Gesture & Dance

• Gaetano Greco

  Sinfonia
  (from: MS I-NC 45.1.65)
  
  Tarantella

  c1657-1728

• II. The Greco Workshop

• Rocco Greco

  Sinfonia Viggesimaterza ‘à due viole’
  Grave – Allegro – Corrente
  
  Sinfonia Quinta ‘à due viole’ in A minor
  Preludio (partimento) – Allegro
  
  Sinfonia Settima ‘à due viole’ in C major
  Allegro
  
  Sinfonia Viggesimaseconda ‘à due viole’
  

  c1660-1717

• III. Improvisation at the Keyboard

• Gaetano Greco

  Partimenti
  (from: MS I-NC 45.1.65)

• Francesco Mancini

  Toccata Sesta in B minor (partimento)

  1672-1737

• IV. From Exercise to Performance

• Gaetano Francone

  Passacaglio VII

  fl. 1688-1717
• Giulio de Ruvo

  Ciaccona & Tarantella
  
  Programme subject to change

  17th-18th century

Musicians

• Antonio Pellegrino cello
• Marino González García viola da gamba
• Giulio Falzone theorbo
• Agata Sorotokin harpsichord, organ