Saturday, October 1
The Great Concert Hall of the Croatian National Theater in Varaždin, 8.00 p.m.
Barrocade Israeli Baroque Collective Shlomit Sivan, violin Sonia Navot, viola da gamba Amit Tiefenbrunn, violone Ofir Ben-Zion, double bass Adi Silberberg, recorders Jacob Reuven, mandolin Eyal Leber, guitar Nadav Ovadia, percussion Eitan Hoffer, heorbo Yizhar Karshon, harpsichord
Maya Ami, mezzosopran Yaniv'd Or, kontratenor
Programme: Orazio Vecchi Saltarello detto trivella
Claudio Monteverdi Quel sguardo sdegnosetto
Pur ti miro from the opera L’incoronazione di Poppea
Gaspar Sanz Canarios
Anonimous Vurria, ca fosse ciaola
Iganzio Albertini Sonata for violin and basso continuo
Antonio Sartorio Quando voglio, con un vezzo from the opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Étienne Moulinié Rio de Sevilla
Francisco Escalada Canten dos jilguerillos
Traditional Ladino A la una yo nací
Isaac Albéniz Asturias
Traditional Croatian songs: Polegala trava detela
Jabuko rumena
Traditional Ladino El rey de Francia
Avre tu puerta cerrada
Axerico de quinze años
G. Sanz Marizapalos
Traditional Ladino Los guisados de la Berenjena
Violeta Parra Gracias a la vida
About the programme:
Founded in 2007 by a group of passionate young musicians led by viola da gamba player Amit Tiefenbrunn, the Barrocade ensemble is now one of the most outstanding ensembles on the Israeli musical scene. Barrocade has been appearing in all the major concert halls in Israel, among them the prestigious Tel-Aviv Museum, where it gives regular series of concerts. It has also participated in all of Israel’s major festivals, including the Israel Festival. Lead violinist Shlomit Sivan is the group’s general manager. The ensemble members, all graduates of leading European academies, specialize in early music, and play period instruments. The ensemble’s string instruments were built by its music director Amit Tiefenbrunn, and the bows by lute player Eitan Hoffer. Some of Israel’s best musicians play with the ensemble. Barrocade normally plays without a conductor, after the custom of the Baroque era, but collaborates with international conductors in performing large Baroque pieces such as oratorios and operas. The ensemble is famous for its rich sound that is owed to its large and varied basso continuo section. Over the years, Barrocade has collaborated with many international musicians. Among them were conductors Philip Picket, David Stern, Matthew Halls and Shalev Ad-El; violinists Patrick Cohen-Akenine and Kati Debretzeni; and singers Marten Engeltjes, Marek Rzebka, Markus Ullmann and Robert Sellier. For already more than ten years, the ensemble regularly collaborates with the Estonian conductor and violinist Andres Mustonen, and has performed under his baton in Israel but also in Estonia, Latvia and Russia. Together with leading Estonian choirs, they have performed works by Vivaldi and Bach, with noteworthy success. This year it is Barrocade’s second appearance in the Varaždin Baroque Evenings Festival in Croatia, in 2008 Barrocade was granted the Prize of the Excelling Concert of the festival. It has also represented Israel in concerts in Potsdam Festival, USA, and in Tbilisi, Georgia and Latvia. It participated in the performance of Purcell’s semi-opera The Fairy Queen in Israel and in London’s Wigmore Hall, in collaboration with the British Ensemble Retrospect. From 2019, Barrocade is the permanent Baroque Ensemble of the Israeli Opera Tel-Aviv , and is taking part in the Opera season.