Latte e Miele – Fuoco Obbligato
TITLE
Latte e Miele – Fuoco Obbligato
ABOUT
In this program of baroque obbligato arias, Fuoco Obbligato explores the human relationship with nature in its musical expression and poetic context.
We begin in the kingdom of love, with images of the ocean’s pearls, a flowing brook and milk dripping from ancient oaks - an evocative landscape full of promise in which the instrumental lines are melodious and sensual. We transition to a terrain of unrequited and lost love reflected by the mournful warbling of a flute, a lonely violin echoing the voice, or an eerie tapestry of sparse and hollow instrumental interjections in Rameau’s Lieux désolez which creates an atmosphere of utter anguish. Vivaldi’s aria brings us out of the melancoly depths, in which the lively 3/8 rhythm of the violin consoles the protagonist, and a spirited cello line propels us back to the anticipation of amorous encounters. Ultimately the soft breezes of Bach’s wedding cantata join with Boyce’s uplifting aria which speaks of flowing sweets and spicy gardens.
CREATIVE TEAM
David Stern & Katharina Wolff – Artistic Direction
CAST
Anna Cavaliero – Soprano
Anne-Lise Polchlopek / Sophia Stern / Rémy Brès-Feuillet – Mezzo-soprano / Countertenor
Guy Elliott / Benoît Rameau - Tenor
Jean Bregnac - Flute
Katharina Wolff - Violin
Jennifer Hardy - Cello
Nora Dargazanli - Harpsichord
PROGRAM
Empire of Love
BACH – Cantate BWV 182, Sinfonia
KEISER – Fredegunda, « Vieni a me dolce oggetto »
BACH – Cantate BWV 204, « Meine Seele sei vergnügt »
CAMPRA – Idomenée, « Coulez ruisseau »
MARCELLO – Arianna, « Latte e Mele »
Lonely Places
LAMPE – Dione, « Pretty warblers »
FACCO – Las Amazonas, « Qué será, cielos, de mi »
RAMEAU – Les Boréades, « Lieux désolez »
VIVALDI – Ottone in Villa, « Guarda in questi occhi »
Flights of the Heart
RAMEAU – Cantate L’impatience, « L’impatience »
BACH – Cantate BWV 202, « Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen »
BOYCE – Sérénade Solomon, « Softly rise, O southern breeze »