Hidden Angels

An evening of diversity and exploration: music by inspirational 17th and 18th century female composers set alongside works by their male contemporaries whom they knew and inspired. Diverse personalities such as the beautiful and unconventional Venetian Barbara Strozzi and Tuscan Francesca Caccini are contrasted with the composer Isabella Leonarda, who lived in relative obscurity in a Novara convent. In the second half Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, described by her contemporaries as 'the marvel of our century', is set alongside the London born Elisabetta de Gamberini.

Barbara Strozzi

Canto di bella bocca 'Che dolce udire'

Francesca Caccini

Song 'Laudate Dominum'

Song 'Maria, dolce Maria'

Claudio Monteverdi

Duet 'Pur ti miro'

Domenico Gabrielli

Ricercar No 6 in G major for solo cello

Giulio Caccini

Song 'Amarilli'

Song 'Sfogava con le stelle'

Girolamo Frescobaldi

Harpsichord toccata in A

Francesco Cavalli

Duet 'O bone Jesu'

Barbara Strozzi

Song 'Lagrime mie'

Dialogo 'Anima del mio core'

Isabella Leonarda

Motet 'Care plage, cari ardores'

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Dialogue 'Hei, hei, mihi infelix Magdalena'

Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

Two harpsichord pieces:

La Flammande

Chaconne

Antonio Vivaldi

Cello sonata No VI in Bb major

Elisabetta de Gamberini

Aria for soprano

George Frideric Handel

Duet 'Tanti strali al sen mi scocchi'