Night falls. Four hundred years later, the troubadour wakes up in Rome. A city in ruins: statues, arches and temples once grand and glorious have dwindled to dust. But time crunches stones and bones alike. His face now pale, his hair silvered, what more has withered?

Love, my love — and now the arrow is broken.

Torment. Three hundred years later, and the troubadour is still awake. Every night, his eyes wide open. But remember that he once was a person too. So let him sleep. Let him turn cold as stone. Let him be dust — in Rome. Then mourn the city, as time nibbles away. One bite at a time.

This time in Coherent Concerts:
Wandering beauties for lost souls.

Time & place

4 June 2025, 20.30–21.45
Bernard Haitinkzaal
Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Programme

de Bornelh — Reis glorios
Landi — Superbi colli
Campana —  S’io ti guardo ti sdegni
Campana — Quando ascoltate
Campana — È gia rotto lo strale

JC Bach — Wie bist du denn, o Gott, im Zorn auf mich enbrannt

Wolf — Michelango Lieder

Purcell — What power art thou (from King Arthur)
Zelenka — Lamentationes pro hebdomada sancta I (ZWV 53/1)
Zelenka — Potrei sovra degli empi (from ZWV 63)

Musicians

Adriana Mendez Fernandez, viola da gamba
Alessandro Pianu, harpsichord
Bas Cornelissen, baritone
Bruce Zhou, percussion
Daphné Franquin, bassoon
Ebony Lim, violone
Fátima Hernández, violin
Hannah Erxleben, recorder
Jonas Krebs, violin
Kateřina Blížkovská, baroque guitar
Laurine Marmi, oboe
Lydia Kirschenbaum, viola
Manou Schreiner, theorbo
Martín Vera Guerra, oboe
MengHan Wu, violin
Riccardo Casamichiela, ‘keys’
Tadhg Sudlow, viola da gamba
Xander Baker, viola da gamba & cello

Flyer

Editions

Editions of several pieces were made in preparation of this exam, and released under CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

• de Bornelh — Reis glorios
• Campana — S’io ti guardo (transposed, original in Am)
• Campana — Quando ascoltate
• Campana - È già rotto lo strale
• Landi — Superbi colli (transposed to E minor)
• Purcell — What power art thou

I’ve also made editions of the following pieces, which are not publicly available. Please contact me if you want a copy:

• JC Bach — Wie bist du denn, o Gott: transposed to Gm
• Zelenka — Potrei sovra degli empi