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Castello Consort

Leopold's favourites | 12 - 17 Nov 2024

Castello Consort

Leopold's favourites

I pack my bag and in it I put... my favourite music! So did Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, who in 1647 took his entire court chapel in tow when he went to capture the throne in Brussels as the authority of the Southern Netherlands. His Austrian, German and Italian musicians would go on to inspire numerous local composers. For Leopold's playlist, which includes Marco Uccellini and Nicolaes à Kempis, the Castello Consort deploys its most imperial combo.

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Programme & Musicians

Elise Dupont, Sakura Goto violin
Anne-Linde Visser viol, bass viol
Matthijs van der Moolen trombone
Giulio Quirici theorbo
Emma Huijsser harp


Nicolaes à Kempis 1600-1675
Symphonia Prima à 3 

Leonora Duarte 1610-1678
Sinfonia Prima à 5 

Biagio Marini 1594-1663
Sinfonia Sesto Tuono 
Balletto Prima 
Gagliarda Terza 
Passacaglio 
Gagliarda Prima  
Balletto  

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Nicolaes à Kempis
Symphonia Seconda à 4 

Dario Castello c1602-1632
Sonata Quarta à 2 
(from: Sonate concertate in stil moderno) 

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Leonora Duarte
Sinfonia Quarta à 5 

Philipp van Wichel 1614-1675
Sinfonia Terza 
(from: Fasciculus Dulcedinis) 

Leonora Duarte
Sinfonia Settima à 5 

Dario Castello
Sonata Sesta à 2 
(from: Sonate concertate in stil moderno) 

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Nicolaes à Kempis
Symphonia Settima à 2 supra ut re mi fa sol la  
Symphonia Settima à 2 supra Ciaconna  

Marco Uccellini 1603-1680
4 Symphoniæ 
(from: Sinfonie Boscarecie)

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Nicolaes à Kempis  
Symphonia Septima à 4, supra Cuc Cuc

Programme subject to change