Barbara Strozzi: Cozzolani Reunited- Online

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani has been steadily receiving recognition in recent decades as one of the most skillful and expressive of a handful of published nun composers from seventeenth-century Italy. She took her vows at age 18, adopting “Chiara” as her religious name as she entered the Benedictine monastery of Santa Radegonda, where she would serve as maestra di cappella, abbess, and prioress.

This programme focuses on her 1648 collection of twelve motets for solo soprano, Scherzi di sacra melodia. No copy of the accompanying basso continuo partbook has been found, making the collection inaccessible to performers until now. The bass part for three of the motets was composed from scratch by lutenist Lucas Harris. The concert ends with Non tema nò di morte, a trio from the sole surviving collection of another Italian nun composer, Maria Francesca Nascinbeni. Of Nascinbeni’s life we know little, though in her publication’s preface she casually mentions being only sixteen years old.

This concert is generously supported by Delma Hemming

HOW TO WATCH:

Online: Access to the online concert is free, and donations are greatly appreciated.

This concert will be available from March 30 – April 5 on our YouTube channel.

PROGRAMME

All works from Chiara Margarita Cozzolani’s Scherzi di Sacra Melodia (1648) except where indicated

Ave Maria

O Jesu meus amor
Amate o populi

Quis mihi det calicem bibere Domini?

O dulcis Jesu (from Concerti sacri, 1642)

O quam tristis est anima mea
O præclara dies

Non tema nò di morte – Maria Francesca Nascinbeni
(from Canzoni e madrigali morale e spirituale, 1674)

Event Artists

Suzie LeBlanc, Soprano; Myriam Leblanc, Soprano; Ariadne Lih, Soprano; Bronwyn Thies-Thompson, Soprano; Lucas Harris, Therobo; Antoine Malette-Chénier, Baroque Triple Harp; Dorothéa Ventura, Chamber Organ & Soprano

Barbara Strozzi: Cozzolani Reunited- Online

Date/Time
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - Tuesday, April 5, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Online /En ligne
none
Toronto, Ontario
Canada,

Price
Free (accepts donations)

Phone
No Information

Website
https://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/events/cozzolani-reunited-online-concert/

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