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Ensemble 1700 & Nuria Rial

La Folia | 24 - 27 Feb 2026

Ensemble 1700 & Nuria Rial

La Folia
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.

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Programme & musicians

Nuria Rial sopraan
Yves Ytier barokviool, dans
Marco Testori barokcello
Axel Wolf luit, gitaar
Olga Watts klavecimbel

Dorothee Oberlinger blokfluit, muzikale leiding

Andrea Falconieri 1585/6-1656
Folias

Tarquinio Merula 1594/5-1665
Folle è ben che si crede

Barbara Strozzi 1619-1677
Folle è ben si crede, op. 8

Claudio Monteverdi 1567-1643
Sí dolce è’l tormento

Tarquinio Merula
Ciacona

Arcangelo Corelli 1653-1713
Sonata op. 5, no. 10 in F major

Georg Friederich Händel 1685-1759
Mi palpita il cor

Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632-1687
Les Folies d’Espagne

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 1714-1788
12 Variations über die Folie d’Espagne, H.263

Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741
Sol da te, mio dolce amore (from: Orlando furioso, RV 728, 1727)
La Follia, op. 1, no. 12, RV 63

Jerónimo Giménez 1854-1923
La tarántula é un bicho mú malo (from: La Tempranica, 1900)

Programme subject to change