Little Missenden Festival 2008
Little Missenden Festival 2007
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Giovanni Ghizzolo |
Benedicite Deum caeli (Tobit) |
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Erasmo Marotta |
Fecit Deus (S Ignatius & S Xavier) |
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Giacomo Carissimi |
Laudemus virum gloriosum; Vanitas vanitatum |
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Barbara Strozzi |
In medio maris (Per S Pietro) |
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Mario Capuana |
Parce mihi, Domine (Job) |
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Michelangelo Rossi |
Toccata Seconda |
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Sigismondo D’India |
Osculare, o beata peccatrix (Mary Magdalene) |
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Tarquinio Merula |
Canzonetta sacra sopra alla nanna (Mary and Jesus) |
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Giovanni de Macque |
Prime Stravaganze |
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Giovanni Maria Trabaci |
Prima Gagliarda |
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Giovanni Rovetta |
In caelis hodie iubilant sancti (Mary) |
SAVÂDI…: Kristine Jaunalskne, Ulrike Hofbauer sopranos,
Marie Bournisien harp
‘Fabellae’ means ‘little stories’ (fables) in Latin. The stories we tell ourselves are part of our cultural identity, and mould our thinking and values. All the pieces Savâdi perform in this programme tell their own tales – sacred and secular stories expressed through Italian music of the first half of the 17th century by Carissimi, Strozzi, d'India and others.
In this exciting period composers followed Monteverdi in seeking new ways of expressing texts in music to ‘move the passions of the soul’.
In 2006 Savâdi… gave the Festival a memorable recital of love songs from Monteverdi’s Italy, making ravishing sounds with their two sopranos and harp.
When they won the 2003 Early Music Network International Young Artists’ Competition
in York one of the judges said, “Savâdi's performance of Italian early 17th-
Join us after the concert for AFTERNOON TEA (kindly provided by the Friends of the Little Missenden Festival), and a chance to chat to Savâdi….
In Little Missenden Village School,
opposite the church, to the right
Concert sponsored by The Festival Friends
Little Missenden Festival 2008
Event 15 2008
Fabellae
Savâdi...
Sunday October 19th, 3.00pm
Little Missenden Church
Tickets £17, £12.50, £8
