Agitata

The sacred baroque repertoire seen through the prism of opera: such is the challenge set by Delphine Galou, in the company of l’Accademia Bizantina, in unveiling a world of spirituality kneaded by sentiment and emotion.

Vivaldi, Jommelli, Gregori, but also Stradella and Caldara are at the centre of this programme, which rediscovers whole sections of sacred Italian music during the baroque period. It is the perfect occasion to embrace the permeability of aesthetics, the intense dialogue between the universe of motets, cantatas and oratorios and the world of the lyric stage in all its grandeur. Delphine Galou, appreciated for her warm alto timbre, invites us  into the very heart of the most contrasted affects of the sacred sphere: terror, restraint,  lamentation, excited exaltation, contemplative calm, fervour, it is an entire gallery of varied emotions to which we are invited in this daring recital.

Accademia Bizantina
Musical direction and harpsichord Ottavio Dantone
Contralto Delphine Galou
First violin Alessandro Tampieri
Violins 1 Lisa Ferguson, Paolo Zinzani
Violins 2 Sara Meloni, Mauro Massa, Heriberto Delgado
Violas Alice Bisanti, Marco Massera
Cellos Paolo Ballanti, Emanuele Abate
Violin Giovanni Valgimigli
Lute Tiziano Bagnati

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for strings in G major, RV 146
Juditha Triumphans RV 644, Aria: Agitata infido flatu

Niccolò Jommelli
Betulia Liberata, Aria: Prigionier che fa ritorno

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for viola d’amore in D minor, RV 394

Nicola Porpora
Motetto: In procella sine stella

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for strings in F major RV 138
Asteria nel Tamerlano, Aria: Qual furore e qual affanno
Il Giustino RV717, Aria: Su l’altar di questo nume
Concerto for strings in A minor RV 161
Cessate omai cessate RV 684