© Alberto Crespo

Programme

Œuvres de Girolamo Frescobaldi, Domenico Belli, Claudio Saracini, Giulio Caccini, Francesca Caccini, Luigi Rossi, Claudio Monteverdi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Barbara Strozzi, Domenico Scarlatti, Francesco Maria Veracini et Antonio Vivaldi.

Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano

Pulcinella

Ophélie Gaillard, violoncelle et direction artistique

Pablo Valetti, violon

Daniel de Morais, théorbe et guitare

Paolo Zanzu, clavecin

Ophélie Gaillard et l’ensemble Pulcinella sont soutenus par le CIC, la Région Île-de-France, les villes de La Courneuve et Pantin, la Spedidam, l’Adami, le FCM / CNM, la Sacem et Proarti.

L’ensemble Pulcinella est membre de la FEVIS.

 

 

 

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Renaissance and baroque Florence

by Pulcinella and Isabelle Druet,

direction Ophélie Gaillard

Saturday, July 23^rd, 9 pm – Church of Valloire

During the Renaissance, Florence was undeniably the musical centre of Italy. There appeared at the end of the 16th century the monodic madrigal and opera, born from the bold experiments of the Camerata fiorentina led by Giulio Caccini and Jacopo Peri. Afterwards, when the Italian epicentre of music shifted to Venice, Florence nevertheless continued to play an important role on the European stage. One first has in mind such outstanding virtuosos as Francesca Caccini (Giulio’s daughter), all at once singer, composer, instrumentalist and scholar, who made a great impression in Paris at the court of Henri IV, but also, a little later, Francesco Maria Veracini, a violin virtuoso already noticed in Venice, London, Dresden and Prague.

Mezzo-soprano Isabelle Druet and the Pulcinella ensemble are thus offering us a singular Florentine journey along which genres and characters will mingle, revealing the extraordinary profusion of sound which then bathed this iconic city in the heart of Tuscany.

Pulcinella Orchestra

For 15 years now, the Pulcinella Orchestra has gathered around Ophélie Gaillard a group of virtuoso soloists and chamber musicians who, all passionate about performing on historical instruments, revisit major scores of the cello repertoire and discover unknown or little known works.

Highly praised by the national and international press, the ensemble’s seven recordings have been awarded “Diapason d’or de l’année”, and “Choc de Classica” among other distinctions.

The ensemble collaborates with the best singers of the younger generation and performs in the most prestigious venues (Theâtres du Chalet, des Champs-Élysées, Festivals of Beaune, Radio France, Montpellier, Pontoise…). Internationally acclaimed by critics, Pulcinella is regularly invited in Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Italy) and in Latin America.

Besides, the Pulcinella Orchestra is involved at a local level, notably in the Ile-de-France and Rhône-Alpes regions, especially in Savoie and Greater Geneva, keen to bring baroque and classical music to as many people as possible.