G. Carissimi, Oratoria
From 05 February 2025 to 07 February 2025/ Belgium / Antwerp / London
Without Giacomo Carissimi, the oratorio and the recitative might never have existed. The 17th-century Italian composer – an important predecessor of, and source of inspiration for Antonio Vivaldi – turned out to be a brilliant free spirit at the time of the counter-reformation. He was an advocate of emotional music to convert the people, and smuggled the intense expression of the opera into spiritual music. Operas were created with his masterly oratorios – inspired by Bible stories such as those of Jeptha and Jonas, and his reflections on the transience of worldly ambitions in Vanitas Vanitatum. These include all the drama, tension and broad emotional spectrum characteristic of 17th-century opera.
- February 5, 20:00 | DE SINGEL, Antwerp (BE) : https://desingel.be/en/programme/music/vox-luminis-lionel-meunier-carissimis-beroemde-oratoria
- February 7, 19:30 | Wigmore Hall, London (UK) : https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202502071930
With the support of Flanders State of the Art.
