Hana Blažíková / soprano
Bruce Dickey / cornetto
Jakob Lindberg / theorbo
Mieneke van der Velden / viola da gamba
Kris Verhelst / harpsichord
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the cornetto was fabled for its astonishing ability to imitate the human voice. This imitation encompassed not only its clear and bright sound, but also its agility, expressive range, dynamic flexibility, and articulation, which could make it sound almost as though the player were speaking through his instrument. Programme of the singer Hana Blažíková and the cornetto player Bruce Dickey that puts this imitation center stage, is called “breathtaking” because the voice and the cornetto literally make music with the breath. At the same time, the imitation will surely take the listener’s breath away.
Program:
Breathtaking
Nicolò Corradini: Spargite flores
Sigismondo D’India: Dilectus meus
Sigismondo D’India: Langue al vostro languir
Ascanio Trombetti: Emendemus in melius, motetto passeggiato da Bruce Dickey
Sigismondo D’India: Piangono al pianger mio sopra il Basso della Romanesca
Diego Ortiz: Tratado de glosas, selection
Tarquinio Merula: Nigra sum sed formosa
Calliope Tsoupaki: Mélena imí (Nigra sum)
Alessandro Scarlatti: Two arias from Comodo Antonino
Bernardo Storace: Passacagli sopra A la mi re
Antonio Scarlatti: Three arias from Emireno
