Ensemble 1700 & Nuria Rial

Ensemble 1700 & Nuria Rial

What was once a crazy Portuguese folk dance, evolved into one of the most popular genres of the Baroque. Composers such as Falconieri, Lully, Vivaldi and C.P.E. Bach fell head over heels for La Folia: a bass line so addictive that even dozens of variations could not extinguish the craze. Star soprano Nuria Rial, recorder player Dorothee Oberlinger and violinist/dancer Yves Ytier present highlights from the repertoire. An infectious cocktail full of temperament, elegance and drama.

Programme

• Andrea Falconieri

  Folias

  1585/6-1656
• Tarquinio Merula

  Folle è ben che si cred

  1594/5-1665
• Barbara Strozzi

  Folle è ben si crede, op. 8

  1619-1677
• Claudio Monteverdi

  Sí dolce è’l tormento

  1567-1643
• Tarquinio Merula

  Ciacona

• Arcangelo Corelli

  Sonata op. 5, no. 10 in F major

  1653-1713
• Georg Friederich Händel

  Mi palpita il cor

  1685-1759
• Jean-Baptiste Lully

  Les Folies d’Espagne

  1632-1687
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

  12 Variations über die Folie d’Espagne, H.263

  1714-1788
• Antonio Vivaldi

  Sol da te, mio dolce amore (from: Orlando furioso, RV 728, 1727)
  La Follia op. 1, no. 12, RV 63

  1678-1741
• Jerónimo Giménez

  La tarántula é un bicho mú malo (from: La Tempranica, 1900)

  1854-1923

• Programme subject to change

Musicians

• Nuria Rial soprano
• Yves Ytier baroque violin, dance
• Marco Testori baroque cello
• Axel Wolf lute, guitar
• Olga Watts harpsichord
• Dorothee Oberlinger recorder, musical direction