Elisabeth Hetherington & Emma Huijsser
Outrageous and improper? In 1568, Maddalena Casulana did something unprecedented: she was the first woman to publish her own music, with a challenging message to all the men who thought they had a monopoly on talent. Price winning soprano Elisabeth Hetherington and harpist Emma Huijsser follow Casulana along the musical staves she dedicated to Isabella de Medici: fellow musician, supporter of artistic excellence, and patroness of the arts in Renaissance Florence.
Programme
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Maddalena Casulana
Morir non può il mio cuore
fl. 1566-83 -
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
O maria tu dulcis
1602-1676/78 -
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Lucia Quinciani
Udite lagrimisi spirti
fl. c1611 -
Francesca Campana
S’io ti guardo ti sdegni
d1665 -
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Anonymous
Toccata per l’elevatione
15th century -
Maddalena Casulana
Vagh’ amorosi augelli
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Claudia Sessa
Occhi io vissi
c1570-1613/19 -
Maddalena Casulana
O notte, o ciel, o piaggie, o monti!
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Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana
O magnum mysterium
1590-1662 -
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Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Toccata del quarto tuono
1545-1607 -
Barbara Strozzi
L’eracito Amoroso
1619-1677 -
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Settimia Caccini
Due luci ridenti
1591-c1660 -
Francesca Caccini
Maria dolce maria
1587-1641 -
Maddalena Casulana
Io d’orate frond’e
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Donatella Galletti (Alessia Aldobrandini)
Passacaglia in omaggio al Sig JJS
1970* (c1702) -
Rosa Giacinta Badalla
Non plangete
Programme subject to changec1660-c1710
Musicians
- Elisabeth Hetherington soprano
- Emma Huijsser harp