Finding A Voice - La Donna Barocca
Opening with twelfth-century mystic, Hildegard of Bingen, this concert sees the supremely talented Irish Baroque Orchestra bring the music of seventeenth-century French and Italian composers back to vibrant life. Including the music of Francesca Caccini, Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Antonia Bembo, as well as Ursuline nun Isabella Leonarda, whose 400th anniversary is being celebrated in 2020.
Hildegard von Bingen - Ave generosa
Francesca Caccini - Maria, dolce Maria
Isabella Leonarda - Sonata Op.16 no.7, Ave sauvis dilecto, Sonata Op.16 no.1
Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre - Pieces de clavecin, Trio Sonatas in G minor and B flat major
Antonia Bembo - Détourne tes regards, Mi basta cosi, Je t’eusse offert Seigneur