Erató & Caritas

Forms of Love in Italian Early Baroque Music

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Monday 24. 07. 2023 | 18.00 Troja Château
U Trojského zámku 1, Prague 7
18.00–22.00
With intermission

Artists

Margit Übellacker – salterio
Giovanna Pessi – triple harp
Francis Jacob – harpsichord, positive organ

Programme

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Nigra sum
Signor, quell’infelice
  
Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
Surgite, surgite
L’Eraclito amoroso
  
Giulio Caccini (1550–1618)
Dolcissimo sospiro
Amarilli, mia bella
Torna, deh torna pargoletto mio
  
Giovanni Felice Sances (1600–1679)
Stabat Mater
  
Claudia Sessa (ca 1570–1619)
Occhio io vissi di voi
  
Diego Ortiz (1510–1576)
Recercada quarta
  
Alessandro Grandi (1570–1630)
O quam tu pulchra es
  
Johann Kapsberger (1580–1651)
Toccata arpeggiata
 
Riccardo Rognoni (1550–1620)
Anchor che col partire
 
Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde (1595–1640)
Susanne un jour
 
and others

Annotation

The turn of the 16th and 17th centuries is one of the most remarkable and important periods in the history of music. To this day, it continues to fascinate listeners with its imitation of human speech in all its nuances, captivating dance rhythms, refined embellishments and unusual harmonic connections. The concert, entitled Erato & Caritas, will give listeners a taste of late Renaissance and early Baroque compositions of Southern European provenance, in which we find impressive expressions of deep emotion, passion, pain and longing in both earthly and heavenly senses.
 
The imaginary patronage of the concert has been assumed by the most beautiful of the Muses – Erato, who cares for love poems and songs, and the personification of Christian love – Caritas, one of the most important values of Christian teaching. The story of the diversity of love will be told by the Flemish ensemble Hathor Consort under the artistic direction of Romina Lischka together with the outstanding soprano Hannah Morrison.

Venue

Troja Château

U Trojského zámku 1, Prague 7

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Partners of the concert

The concert is held with the kind support of the Government of Flanders and Prague 7 City District and in collaboration with the Prague City Gallery.

Artists

Hannah Morrison

Hannah Morrison

soprano

The Dutch soprano Icelandic-Scottish origin Hannah Morrison studied voice and piano at the Conservatorium Maastricht, and graduated from the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.   So far, her concert activity has taken her across Europe and beyond to North America and Japan. With ensembles, orchestras and choirs (the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the English Baroque Soloists, the Bach Collegium Japan etc.) Hannah Morrison has performed in concert halls such as the Philharmonie de Paris, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Wiener Musikverein, and many others, and at renowned festivals, including the Tanglewood Festival (USA), the Oude Muziek Utrecht and the Bachfest Leipzig.   Hannah’s repertoire covers a broad spectrum, stretching from the music of the Renaissance and Baroque to the Classical period.
Hathor Consort

Hathor Consort

The Hathor Consort, which takes its name from the Egyptian mother goddess Hathor, was formed by Romina Lischka in 2012. Under her artistic direction, this ensemble is dedicated to performing music from the Renaissance and Baroque centred around the viola da gamba.   The Hathor Consort presented their first programme, “Consort Songs and Fantasias by William Byrd”, with the countertenor Marnix De Cat in the early music festival Netwerk Oude Muziek in 2013. Their first recording, Dowland’s “Lachrimae”, was well received by the press (IRR Outstanding Recording, Klara nomination, 4 diapasons).   The Hathor Consort performs at festivals, such as Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Festival van Vlaanderen Gent, Festival van Vlaaderen Mechelen, Festival Trigonale, York Early Music Festival, Oude Muziek Utrecht, MA Festival Brugge, Festival de Sablé and in venues, including Filharmonia Narodowa (Warsaw Philharmonic), Jeneusse Österreich/Wiener Konzerthaus, BOZAR in Brussels, Philharmonie Essen, Philharmonie Köln, Muziekcentrum de Bijloke Gent or Wigmore Hall.
Romina Lischka

Romina Lischka

viola da gamba, artistic director

Romina Lischka studied viola da gamba with Paolo Pandolfo at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and with Philippe Pierlot at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels. Since 2007, her concert activities have brought her to prestigious concert halls and festivals throughout Europe, Russia, Asia, Canada and North and South America.   Alongside her activities as a gambist, Romina also studied North Indian classical singing (dhrupad) at the World Music department of the Rotterdam Conservatorium and in India.   In the 2012/2013 season, Romina was chosen as the “ECHO Rising Star” by BOZAR (Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels) and Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), which resulted in solo performances at various European concert venues. Her debut CD “Mr. Demachy – Pièces de violle en musique et en tablature” received the top rating from Diapason. The CD “En Suite – Marin Marais, Sainte Colombe & Robert de Visée” was awarded the Klara prize for “best classical CD of 2015”. In 2021, she received the Ultima award for the Music category.