Tuesday, September 26
Croatian National Theatre in Varaždin, Great Concert Hall, 8.00 p.m.
Concert on the occasion of the ensemble’s 15th anniversary

Camerata Garestin
Ivana Lazar, soprano
Berislav Puškarić, basso
Silvio Richter, violin
Stjepan Nodilo, recorder, oboe
Krešimir Lazar, cello
Krešimir Has, harpsichord

Fifteen years with you

Maurizio Cazzati
Passacaglia – Arpeggiata,
for two soprano instruments and basso continuo

Dominik Ivan Šibenčanin
Responsorio di S. Antonio di Padova,
for soprano, 2 soprano instruments and basso continuo

Ivan Lukačić
Coeli enarrant
In lectulo meo
from the collection Sacrae cantiones

Maurizio Cazzati
Capriccio sopra 12 Notte
for 2 soprano instruments and basso continuo

Heinrich Schütz
Der Herr schauet vom Himmel, SWV 292
Ich liege und schlafe, SWV 310
O süßer, o freundlicher, SWV 285
Wann unsre Augen schlafen ein, SWV 316
motets for soprano and basso from the collection Kleine geistliche Konzerte

George Frideric Handel
Triosonata in G Minor, HWV 393
Andante
Allegro
Largo
Allegro

Dalla guerra amorosa, cantata for basso and basso continuo, HWV 102 a
Recitative: Dalla guerra amorosa
Aria: Non v’alletti un occhio nero
Recitative: Fuggite, sì, fuggite
Aria: La bellezza è com’un fiore
Recitative and arioso: Fuggite, sì, fuggite

Francesco Mancini
Quanto dolce e quell’ardore, cantata for soprano, oboe and basso continuo
Aria: Quanto dolce è quell’ardore
Recitative: Pur che a te sia vicina
Aria: Aprimi il petto. Allegro

Claudio Monteverdi
Si dolce è’l tormento
madrigal for soprano and basso continuo

 

The Camerata Garestin ensemble brings together leading Croatian vocal and instrumental performers of music from the 17th and 18th centuries. It was founded in 2008 at the instigation of Varaždin cellist Krešimir Lazar, with co-founders soprano Ivana Lazar, flutist Dani Bošnjak and harpsichordist and organist Krešimir Has. It is composed of musicians whose rich experiences have long contributed to the cultural and artistic life of the Republic of Croatia. This contribution of the members of the ensemble has been recognized several times by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, which to a recognizable extent supports the work of the ensemble. Camerata Garestin has already been accompanied by very praiseworthy reviews, for example at the central Croatian baroque music festival Varaždin Baroque Evenings. The ensemble was also a guest at the prestigious international baroque music festival SEVIQC Brežice, and at the Festival of Croatian Music in Vienna, performing on the occasion at the famous Hofburgkapelle. Camerata Garestin is probably the first Croatian ensemble for early music professionally engaged in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Voorshoten, den Haag, 2014), and he has also performed in Sweden, Slovakia, Germany, Austria and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Members of the ensemble play on replicas of baroque instruments. With its name, the ensemble nurtures the Croatian historical heritage, showing the medieval name of the city of Varaždin – Garestin, and is especially associated with the international festival of the Varaždin Baroque Evening, regularly performing at the same since its inception. The program guideline of the ensemble strives to present thematic concert projects, thus showing top works of European and Croatian masters of the High Renaissance, gallant style, Rococo and music of the earlier classical style. With special attention, the ensemble nurtures precisely the Croatian musical heritage with an emphasis on the works of Ivan Marko Lukačić, Vinko Jelić, Gabriel Puliti, Tomas Cecchini and Ivan Šibenčanin. The ensemble was awarded the Jurica Murai Prize as part of the 47th Varaždin Baroque. In 2018, the ensemble, with the solo role of Ivana Lazar, recorded the soundtrack Vulnerasti cor meum with works by Croatian early baroque masters.