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

  Che si può fare

  1619-1677
• Diego Ortiz

  Recercada settima (romanesca)

  c1510-1570
• Nicola Matteis

  Fantasia in D minor
  Diverse bizzarie sopra la vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona

  c1650-after 1713
• Claudio Monteverdi

  Sí dolce è’l tormento

  1567-1643
• Georg Friederich Händel

  Mi palpita il cor
  Arioso e recitativo 'Mi palpita il cor'
  Aria: Ho tanti affanni in petto

  1685-1759
• 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
• Hille Perl viola da gamba
• Axel Wolf lute
• Florian Birsak harpsichord
• Dorothee Oberlinger recorder, musical direction