40th Hong Kong Art Festival_MUSIC

Music | France
L’Arpeggiata
Feb 2 8:00pm
Concert Hall, HK City Hall
$ 360 300 240 180 140 Student 150 120 90 70
Feb 3 8:00pm
Auditorium, Sha Tin Town Hall
$ 250 Student 125

“Aside from their superb music-making, the players convey a sense of utter conviction in what they are doing.” Gramophone
2 Feb (Thu)
Teatro d’Amore

Raquel Andueza Soprano
Vincenzo Capezzuto Contralto
Lucilla Galeazzi Voice
Christina Pluhar Theorbo, Baroque Harp & Director
Margit Übellacker Psaltery
Eero Palviainen Archlute
Marcello Vitale Baroque Guitar
Veronika Skuplik Baroque Violin
Doron Sherwin Cornet
Haru Kitamika Organ, Harpsichord
David Mayoral Percussion

3 Feb (Fri)
Alla Napoletana
A demonstration concert: Baroque music from the Kingdom of Naples

Claudio Monteverdi is the single most important musician of the 17th century. His books of madrigal set the stylistic paradigms for the ages to come; his L’Orfeo defines what opera is; and his uncompromising view of the old world produced a musical language that remains to this day. To consider him a “creator of modern music” is not an overstatement.

Led by harpist and lutenist Christina Pluhar, this acclaimed Baroque ensemble of leading European soloists joins forces with some truly exceptional singers to celebrate Monteverdi and his contemporaries. Presenting interpretations of their music that are fresh, inventive and spontaneous, they marry Baroque sensibilities with today’s tastes. The expressive power, revolutionary idioms and astonishing beauty of Monteverdi’s work guarantee a sensuous journey.

http://hk.artsfestival.org/en/prog/31/