Concerto di Margherita

Francesca Benetti
luth & direction

21.12.2023 – 20:00
Chiesa della Natività della Beata Maria Vergine, Tricase (LECCE)

Il gioco della cieca
Madrigali, Canzoni & Villanelle per cantare, et sonare

Giacomo Gastoldi ^{(1554 – 1609)}

Cieco Amor non ti cred’io
– I. Cieco Amor non ti cred’io
– II. Ma tu, pur perfido cieco
– III. Sciolto cor fa piè fugace
– IV. Mira nume trionfante

(Quarto libro de’ Madrigali (Venice, 1602)

Claudio Monteverdi ^(1567-1643)

Dolci miei sospiri

Scherzi musicali a tre voci (Venice, 1607)

Giovanni Gabrieli ^{(1554 – 1609)}

Canzon Prima à cinque

(Canzoni et sonate (Venice, 1615)

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger ^{(1580 – 1651)}

CS’io sospiro e s’io piango

(Primo libro di villanelle a 1, 2 e 3 voci (Rome, 1610)

Veri diletti qua giù non regnano

((Libro secondo d’arie (Rome, 1623)

Giaches de Wert ^{(1535–1596)}

Chi mi fura il ben mio?

(Primo libro di madrigali a quattro voci (Venezia, 1561)

Cara la vita mia e gl’è pur vero

Cara la vita mia e gl’è pur vero *

(Primo libro di madrigali a cinque voci (Venezia, 1558)
* Diminuzioni di Giovanna Baviera (*1980)

Girolamo Frescobaldi ^{(1580 – 1651)}

Canzona Terza à 2

(Canzoni da sonare a una, due, tre et quattro (Venice, 1634)

Sigismondo d’India ^{(1582 – 1692)}

Occhi de’ miei desiri e d’amor nidi

(Secondo libro di villanelle a 3, 4 e 5 voci (Naples, 1612)

Giovanni Gabrieli ^{(1554 – 1609)}

O belli e vaghi pizzi *
O belli e vaghi pizzi

(Libro primo di Madrigali e Ricercari a quattro voci (Venice,1588)
* Versione strumentale (teorba, liute, chitarra barocca) di Francesca Benetti

Sigismondo d’India ^{(1582 – 1692)}

Occhi belli, occhi sereni

(Primo libro di Villanelle a 3, 4 e 5 voci (Napoli, 1608)

Giaches de Wert ^{(1535–1596)}

O primavera gioventù de l’anno
– I. O primavera, gioventù de l’anno
– II. O dolcezz’ amarissime d’amore
– III. Ma se le mie speranz’ oggi non sono
– IV. E, s’altri non n’inganna
– V. Oh lungamente sospirato in vano

(L’undecimo libro di madrigali a cinque voci (Venezia, 1595)

Concerto di Margherita

Reviving the historical practice of singers accompanying themselves in a vibrant collective gesture is the idea behind this Ensemble: five voices blend with the harmonies of five instruments, resulting in a uniquely coloured sound. The Ensemble Concerto di Margherita was founded in Basel in 2014 by Francesca Benetti, Tanja Vogrin, Giovanna Baviera, Rui Staehelin and Ricardo Leitao Pedro during their studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The repertoire on which the ensemble focuses its research is the Italian madrigal repertoire of the late 16th century, with a particular focus on composers who were active at the Este court in Ferrara such as Giaches de Wert or Ludovico Agostini. Particular attention goes to the compositions dedicated to the Concerto delle Donne in Ferrara such as the madrigals for one, two, three sopranos by Luzzasco Luzzaschi in which the female vocality of the Ensemble is exalted.

Francesca Benetti

Francesca Benetti is a theorbist and guitarist. She graduated in classical guitar from the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice. She continued her guitar studies at the Hochschule der Kuenste in Bern and furthered her study of ancient practice and the Baroque repertoire in Basel at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Her concert activity comprises solo, and chamber performances with ancient plucked instruments, and boasts collaborations in Switzerland and Italy with internationally renowned conductors and baroque orchestras. She is a founding member of the Concerto di Margherita ensemble, specialising in the unique historical practice of accompanied singing in the early 17th century Italian madrigal repertoire (www.concertodimargherita.com). She has been teaching classical guitar intensively in the Swiss canton of Zug for many years. She lives between Bari and Zurich.

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