The Mills College at Northeastern University Music Department and the Center for Contemporary Music
present Mills Music Now 2022-2023
Barbara Strozzi, Venetian Virtuosa
Schola Cantorum San Francisco
Sunday, April 16, 2023
3:00pm
Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall
Free Admission
This concert features the music of Barbara Strozzi, the pioneering composer and singer of 17th-century Venice, fabled for her extraordinary voice and music alike. Strozzi published eight collections of vocal works during her lifetime containing over a hundred works in total, and her music became known throughout Europe. Few composers paint human emotion as vividly or with greater insight, wit and poignancy than Barbara Strozzi, whose songs and madrigals stand alongside Monteverdi’s as some of the greatest of the age.
Conductor-singer Paul Flight, with a stellar ensemble of singers and instrumentalists, brings to life the splendid ensemble pieces of Strozzi's first collection, her Opus 1, including four and five part madrigals, trios and duets, alongside the laments, arias, and intricate cantatas of her later opuses for which Strozzi is best known.
Victoria Fraser and Nalini Ghuman, sopranos
Paul Flight, alto
Jack Wilkins and Kevin Gino, tenors
Sepp Hammer, baritone
Lisa Lawson and Laura Jeanin, violins
Amy Brodo, cello
Jonathan Salzedo, harpsichord and organ
Jon Mendle, theorbo
L'amante modesto à 5
Il Romeo
Dialogo in Partenza
L'Usinguolo à 4
Hor che Apollo
Silentio nocivo à 4
Sonata Prima, Op. 8 No. 1 Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
La quaglia
Godere in gioventù
L'Eraclito amoroso
Al battitor di bronzo
Lagrime mie
Vecchio amante
Donne belle
Il contrasto de cinque sensi à 5
Free admission, but to reserve seats you may register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/music-of-barbara-strozzi-venetian-virtuosa-mills-music-now-tickets-473535516477
Mills College at Northeastern University Music Department
5000 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland, CA 94613
Cost: Free