Note Senza tempo festival: Sassari (Sardinia)
From 04 September to 04 September Italy / Sassari
A further stop on the international early music festival circuit. The programme focuses on the central role of Italian musical culture during its golden age, from the invention of the Seconda Pratica to the international success of vocal music and opera, practised with equal mastery by composers from Northern Europe.
The instrumental pieces are drawn from the immense chamber music repertoire which, likewise cultivated in Italy, subsequently influenced musical cultures north of the Alps. Particular emphasis is placed on models of variations over an ostinato bass, which found a particularly enthusiastic reception in European musical life, long devoted to the traditions of instrumental dance.
ORFEO FUTURO | Instrumental Ensemble
An ensemble with a flexible line-up, ranging from a quartet to a full orchestra, Orfeo Futuro has brought together Italian and international musicians since 2010, all specialists in historically informed performance practice on period instruments.
The ensemble develops original and wide-ranging projects, sometimes combining early repertoire with new music.
It has performed hundreds of concerts and recorded numerous CDs, also in collaboration with other artists and ensembles. Recent productions include L’Eredità di Arcangelo, conducted by Enrico Gatti; Amada Esquina, which brings together the music of the Spanish Siglo de Oro and Latin American songs from the early twentieth century; and Insight Lucrezia, a chamber theatre work featuring Nunzia Antonino, directed by Carlo Bruni, based on an original text by Antonella Cilento and incorporating electronic music by Gianvincenzo Cresta.
Together with the vocal ensemble Spirito di Lione, Orfeo Futuro made its debut at the 2019 Venice Biennale Musica. With MusicaTreize from Marseille, it created Il Tempo della Voce, combining historical music with new compositions.
The ensemble maintains an ongoing collaboration with the Anima Mea Festival, held annually in Bari and other cities across Puglia.
The instrumental pieces are drawn from the immense chamber music repertoire which, likewise cultivated in Italy, subsequently influenced musical cultures north of the Alps. Particular emphasis is placed on models of variations over an ostinato bass, which found a particularly enthusiastic reception in European musical life, long devoted to the traditions of instrumental dance.
ORFEO FUTURO | Instrumental Ensemble
An ensemble with a flexible line-up, ranging from a quartet to a full orchestra, Orfeo Futuro has brought together Italian and international musicians since 2010, all specialists in historically informed performance practice on period instruments.
The ensemble develops original and wide-ranging projects, sometimes combining early repertoire with new music.
It has performed hundreds of concerts and recorded numerous CDs, also in collaboration with other artists and ensembles. Recent productions include L’Eredità di Arcangelo, conducted by Enrico Gatti; Amada Esquina, which brings together the music of the Spanish Siglo de Oro and Latin American songs from the early twentieth century; and Insight Lucrezia, a chamber theatre work featuring Nunzia Antonino, directed by Carlo Bruni, based on an original text by Antonella Cilento and incorporating electronic music by Gianvincenzo Cresta.
Together with the vocal ensemble Spirito di Lione, Orfeo Futuro made its debut at the 2019 Venice Biennale Musica. With MusicaTreize from Marseille, it created Il Tempo della Voce, combining historical music with new compositions.
The ensemble maintains an ongoing collaboration with the Anima Mea Festival, held annually in Bari and other cities across Puglia.
