MURCIA MÚSICAS HISTÓRICAS 2026 | «Dolcissimo sospiro»

Works by G. Caccini, C. Monteverdi, A. Falconieri, G. F. Haendel, N. Porpora, A. Corelli and A. Vivaldi

Le Nuove Musiche by Giulio Caccini –self-proclaimed “hero of the new style”– marks a paradigm shift in musical practice, giving prominence to the solo voice and the basso continuo. Dolcissimo sospiro presents a journey centred on the golden age of Italian musical culture, ranging from the invention of the seconda prattica to the international success of vocal writing and melodrama, practised with equal mastery by composers from northern Europe. The instrumental pieces have been selected from the immense output of chamber music which, also cultivated on the Italian peninsula, went on to influence the musical cultures north of the Alps, choosing in particular from among the models of variations over a basso ostinato that found great favour in European musical life, long fond of the practice of instrumental dance.

Angelica Disanto, soprano

Giovanni Rota, violin

Valerio Latartara, violin

Gioacchino De Padova, viola da gamba

Gabriele Natilla, theorbo

Pierfrancesco Borrelli, harpsichord