Arie delle donne: Bárbara Strozzi & María Teresa Agnesi

BOSTON - April 18, 2019 - PRLog -- Arie delle donne: Strozzi & Agnesi

Boston Early Music Festival Fringe Concerts

Thursday, June 13 at 3 PM
Old South Church, Gordon Chapel,
645 Boylston St, Boston MA 02116

Performers:
Daniela Tošić & Cassandra Extavour, voice
Laura Gulley & Guan-Ting Ku, violin
]ane Starkman, viola; Motomi Igarashi, bass
Fernando Cardoso, keyboards
Laury Gutiérrez, viola da gamba

We are celebrating the 400^th birthday of Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi, with her dazzling secular and sacred arias, and anticipating the 300th birthday in 2020 of Milanese composer Maria Teresa Agnesi. Her virtuosic pastoral arias as well as arias of unrequited love are full of vitality, intense emotional mannerisms and expression, stemming from her skillful use of harmony and sometimes unusual use of the semitone. These 17^th- and 18^th-century Italian arias are delightfully memorable, dramatically moving, and elegantly virtuosic, all interspersed with striking instrumental music.

La Donna Musicale is a non-profit research, education, and performance organization devoted to the discovery, preservation, and promotion of sacred and secular music by women composers. Combining stirring performances with groundbreaking scholarship, the internationally acclaimed and award-winning ensemble ensemble uses period instruments and historically-informed performance practice to showcase the work of women composers from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods, as well as contemporary works. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, La Donna Musicale performs throughout the U.S. and internationally.

Contact Info:
Email: ladonna@ladm.org
Phone: 617-461-6973
https://www.ladm.org