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Our programmes

All our programmes have been carefully put together and tried out in multiple concerts. We regularly extend or reshape our programmes to fit particular venues, series or festivals — let’s work together.

  • Miracolo d’Amore

    Arcadian entanglements of love in seventeenth-century Italy: a concert in five acts. Between the Garden of Venus and Arcadia unfolds a musical journey through madrigals, canzonettas and arias by Monteverdi, Mazzocchi, Strozzi, d’India, Luzzaschi and Sances, loosely inspired by Giovanni Battista Guarini’s Il pastor fido.

    Composers
    Mazzocchi · Strozzi · Luzzaschi · D’India · Monteverdi · Sances
    Instrumentation
    CCATB and continuo (hps/org)
    Duration
    ca 55 min
  • Madonna Mia!

    Rome, 17th century. A city of splendour, devotion, and restless creativity. Enter Christina of Sweden: a queen without a kingdom, who trades her throne for a new realm—the arts. Her salons become a meeting place for poets, painters, and musicians; her influence shapes an entire generation.

    Composers
    Melani · Stradella · Scarlatti · Carissimi · Pasquini
    Instrumentation
    SSATB and continuo (organ)
    Duration
    Around 60 min; can be adjusted.
    Requirements
    Organ required. Continuo can be extended (e.g. with harpsichord)
  • Seeds of Sorrow

    Amidst the ruins of the Thirty Years’ War, despair resounds in cries for consolation. Hammerschmidt, Vierdanck and Kerrl.

    Composers
    Kerll · Hammerschmidt · Vierdanck
    Instrumentation
    CCATB & continuo (organ)
    Duration
    ca. 60 min
    Requirements
    Chest organ