Giulio Caccini’s song “Amarilli mia bella” was first printed in his 1601 collection Nove Musiche and rose to nearly instant Europe-wide fame, including in German-speaking lands. It represents but one small example of the intense transalpine musical exchange that characterised this period. In “O Amarilli, schönste Zier”, we seek to shed some light on this German-Italian connection as it presented itself during the first half of the 17th century, a period during which Biagio Marini spent years working at the court of the Elector Palatine in Bavaria’s Neuburg an der Donau, Johann Rosenmüller managed to mount a second career in Venice following his escape from Leipzig, and Johann Jacob Froberger’s work as court organist in Vienna ended up taking him to Rome. We thus present the impression of a Europe, traumatised by the 30 Years War but infused both north and south with music from the land where the lemon trees blossom…
Toccata seconda Arpeggiata1
Ritornello2
Balletto Alemano3
Ritornello2
„Amarilli mia bella“4
Ritornello2
Passamezzo5
Toccata
Paduan6
Capriccio7
Sinfonie2
Balletto8
Sonata per il Violino3
Balletto8
„la Bemba“ in ecco3
„la Martinenga“3
PAUSE
Sonate7
Paduan6
Sonata per il Cornetto3
Sonata per il Violino3
Balletto Alemano3
Ricercar9
Romanesca4
Capriccio7
Passamezzo3
Music from:
1 Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger (ca. 1580-1651): Libro Primo d’Intavolatura di Chitarone, Venedig 1604
2 Johann Erasmus Kindermann (1616-1655): Deliciæ Studiosorum, Nürnberg 1643
3 Biagio Marini (1594-1663): Sonate, symphonie op. 8, Venedig 1629
4 Johann Nauwach (1595-1630): Erster Theil Teutscher Villanellen, Dresden 1627
5 Carlo Farina (ca. 1600-1639): Il Quarto Libro delle Pavane, Gagliarde…, Dresden 1628
6 Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684): Studenten-Music, Leipzig 1654
7 Johann Vierdanck (ca. 1605-1646): Capricci, Canzoni und Sonaten, Rostock 1641
8 Carlo Farina: Libro delle Pavane, Gagliarde…, Dresden 1626
9 Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667): Libro Quarto (1656)
Martin Bolterauer: Cornetto, recorder
Gabriele Michelangelo Toscani/Roswitha Dokalik: Violin
Christoph Anzböck, Eugène Michelangeli: Claviorganum, Regal, Spinettino