Programme

The Austrian ensemble Ensemble Tonus brings to Dětmarovice an exceptional programme uniting vocal and instrumental Baroque music in its most beautiful forms. The ensemble’s distinctive sound is built upon the combination of soprano, cornett, natural trumpets, Baroque trombones and organ – instruments that formed the core of festive music in European court chapels of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The dramaturgy traces a broad arc from Monteverdi’s fanfares for the Gonzaga court in Mantua and Marini’s virtuosic sonatas, through the sacred elegance of Caldara’s arias, to Handel’s brilliant aria Let the Bright Seraphim, where the soprano engages in a sparkling dialogue with the trumpet. The programme is further enriched by instrumental gems by Croce, Speer and Bendinelli, as well as solo organ and harpsichord toccatas and laments.Belinda Loukota’s soprano and the stylistically informed performance of the brass instruments create the atmosphere of the “golden age” of the Baroque, resounding within the church acoustics of St Mary Magdalene with both festive splendour and delicate spiritual lyricism.

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643): Fanfare of the Gonzaga Family for 4 trumpets and organ

Antonio Caldara (1670–1736): “Beata es virgo Maria” for soprano and 3 trombones

Giovanni Croce (1557–1609): “Beati eritis” for cornett and 3 trombone

Antonio Caldara: Aria for soprano, trombone and organ “Dovunque il Guardo Giro” from the oratorio La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro

Biagio Marini (1594–1663): Sonata a4 for cornett and 3 trombones

Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667): Lamento for solo harpsichord

Císař Joseph I. (1678–1711): Aria for soprano, trombone and organ “Alme Ingrate”

Daniel Speer: Sonata a3 for trumpet, 3 trombones and organ

Giovanni Legrenzi (1626–1690): Aria for soprano, trombone and organ “Lumi, potete piangere” from the opera La divisione del mondo

Cesare Bendinelli (cca 1542–1617): Trompetenaufzug 335

Daniel Speer (1636–1707): Sonata a3 for 3 trombones and organ

Antonio Caldara: Aria for soprano, cornett and organ “Caro mea vera est sibus”

Bernardo Storace (1637–1707): Toccata for solo organ

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809): Aria for soprano, trombone and organ “Passione Domine”, K. 184

Melchior Frank (cca 1580–1653): Galliard / Pavane / Galliard for cornett, 3 trombones and organ

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759): Aria for soprano, trumpet, trombone and organ “Let the Bright Seraphim”