Carmela Konrad & Emanuele Forni

Finesse and intimacy – hardly any place could better embody this interplay than the church in Lauenen. There, Carmela Konrad, a soprano from Lucerne, and the Milanese lutenist Emanuele Forni, who lives in Switzerland, invite you to a recital that brings to life around five hundred years of music history. From the banks of the Thames to the majestic halls of the Renaissance courts, two extraordinary musicians take their audience on a journey through sound and time.

Carmela Konrad, soprano

Emanuele Forni, lute

PASSION/E

Lovesongs of the Renaissance and Early Baroque

NATURAL LOVE

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

“Come all ye songsters”

“If music be the food of love”

“Sweeter than roses”

“Nymphs and shepherds”

SOSPIRO D'AMORE

Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (1580–1651)

Canzone (solo lute)

Giulio Caccini (1551–1618)

“Amarilli, mia bella” from “Le nuove musiche”

“Non ha’l ciel cotanti lumi”

“Dolcissimo sospiro”

“Dalla porta d’Oriente”

GENTLE LOVE

John Dowland (1563–1626)

“Fine knacks for ladies”

“Farewell” (solo lute)

“Flow my tears”

“Come again! Sweet love”

“Come away, come sweet love”

NEL MIO ADORE

Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)

“Amor dormiglione”

“Che si puo fare”

“La, sol, fà, mi, rè, do”

TRA DOGLIA INFINITA

Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638)

Toccata XX

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)

“Così mi disprezzate” from “Arie musicali” (Book 1)

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)

“Si dolce è il tormento”

“Quel sguardo sdegnosetto”

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