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Radio 3 in Concert: Maria, dolce Maria

Maria, dolce Maria

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Maria, dolce Maria

Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque perform works by female composers from the 17th century.

Rachel Podger and her ensemble Brecon Baroque perform works by female composers from the 17th century, as well as Bach and Handel.

As part of Kings Place's year-long exploration of the work of women composers, and broadcast ahead of tomorrow's International Women’s Day, Rachel Podger and her ensemble Brecon Baroque perform works by female composers from the 17th century. Both Francesca Caccini and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre enjoyed long careers as professional composers, in the Florentine Medici court and Versailles respectively, while Isabella Leonarda (at the age of sixteen) entered the convent of Collegio di Sant'Orsola, where she spent the rest of her life and composed over a period of sixty years. 

Recorded at Kings Place, London
Presented by Natasha Riordan

Francesca Caccini: Selections from Il primo libro delle musiche: ‘Romanesca’ (arr. Luigi Cozzolino); No 4 Madrigal ‘Maria, dolce Maria’; No 34 Canzonatta ‘Fresche aurette’; No 28 Canzonatta ‘Non sò se quel sorriso’
Isabella Leonarda: Sonata duodecima, Op 16
Handel: ‘Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden’ and 'Künft’ger Zeiten eitler Kummer' (from Neun Deutsche Arien)
Francesca Caccini: Ciaccona from Il primo libro delle musiche (arr. Luigi Cozzolino)

Interval music

Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre: Violin Sonata No 2 in D
JS Bach: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV 1008 (transposed into A minor for violin)
Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre: Les Sommeil d’Ulisse from Cantates françoises, No. 3
Francesca Caccini: 'O chiome belle' from Il primo libro delle musiche

Brecon Baroque:	
Rachel Podger (violin)
Ciara Hendrick (mezzo soprano)
Reiko Ichise (gamba)
Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord)
Daniele Caminiti (theorbo/guitar)

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