Vidman
Donald MacLeod and Laurie Stras examine the role Giovanni Paolo Vidman played in Barbara Strozzi’s life.
Donald MacLeod and Laurie Stras examine the role Giovanni Paolo Vidman played in Barbara Strozzi’s life.
The singer, and composer Barbara Strozzi neither held any position at church or court, nor had a consistent patron, and yet she published eight volumes of her own music, and had more secular music in print than any other composer of the era. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod is joined by Professor Laurie Stras to explore the life of this extraordinary musician, and the world of 17th-century Venice in which she lived and worked. This was a world in which, despite the acknowledged successes of female artists in literature and music, being a successful composer seems to have aroused suspicion, and brought accusations of impropriety.
In Wednesday’s episode, Donald and Laurie examine the role Giovanni Paolo Vidman played in Barbara Strozzi’s life, as the father of her children, despite being married to someone else.
Fin che tù spiri, spera, Op 7, No 3
Cristiana Presutti, soprano
Ensemble Poiesis
La riamata da chi amava, Op 2, No 18
Lise Viricel, soprano
Ensemble Le Stelle
Silentio nocivo, Op 1, No 6
Capella Mediterranea
Leonardo Garcia-Alarcon, conductor
Donne Belle, Op 8, No 12
Fieri Consort
Se volete così me ne contento, Op 6, No 18
Trio de damas
Lagrime Mie, Lamento, Op 7, No 4
Ruby Hughes, soprano
Jonas Nordberg, theorbo
Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann, cello
L'Eraclito amoroso, Op 2, No 14
Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano
Toby Carr, theorbo
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Barbara Strozzi
Fin che tu spiri, spera, Op 7, No 3
Singer: Cristiana Presutti. Ensemble: Poiesis Ensemble.- AEON : AECD0643.
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Barbara Strozzi
La riamata da chi amava, Op 2, No 18
Singer: Lise Viricel. Ensemble: Ensemble Le Stelle.- SEULETOILE SE02.
- Seulétoile.
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Barbara Strozzi
Silentio nocivo, Op 1, No 6
Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón.- Ambronay : AMY020.
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Barbara Strozzi
Donne Belle, Op 8, No 12
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Barbara Strozzi
Se volete cosi me ne contento, Op 6, No 18
Ensemble: Trio De Damas.- ARSIS : 4192.
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Barbara Strozzi
Lagrime Mie (Lamento), Op 7, No 4
Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Performer: Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann. Singer: Ruby Hughes.- BIS : BIS2248.
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Barbara Strozzi
L'Eraclito amoroso Op.2 no.14
Singer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Toby Carr.- DELPHIAN : DCD34283.
- DELPHIAN.
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- Wed 1 Mar 2023 12:00BBC Radio 3
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