St Cecilia's HallSt Cecilia's Hall
Niddry Street
Cowgate
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1NQ, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
| Monday 31 August 2026 | 16:00 |
Programme
| Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676) | Artemisia: Sinfonia | |
| Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676) | Elena: Mia Speranza | |
| Ziani, Pietro Andrea (1616-1690) | Le Fortone di Rodope e Damira: Rodope, dove sei? | |
| Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676) | Orimonte: Torindo, ove s'in via? | |
| Legrenzi, Giovanni (1626-1690) | Sarabanda Terza, Op.4 | |
| Lucio, Francesco (1628-1658) | Medoro: Donne belle e vezzose | |
| Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676) | Se laggiu negl'abissi | |
| Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676) | Eritrea: Dolce Frode | |
| Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676) | Erismena: Ahi, questo e'l fine amaro | |
| Strozzi, Barbara (1619-1677) | L'Eraclito amoroso | |
| Lucio, Francesco (1628-1658) | Medoro: Da amorose Passione | |
| Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676) | Artemisia: Aure Tacete | |
| Works by Unknown |
Performers
| Camilla Seale | Soprano |
| Tristram Cooke | Countertenor |
| Sophia Mucke | Baroque Violin |
| Andrew Taheny | Violin |
| Harry Buckoke | Viola da Gamba |
| Peter Martin | Theorbo |
| Jonatan Bougt | Theorbo |
| Luke Mitchell | Harpsichord |
| Oliver Doyle | Virginal |
Musica Antica Rotherhithe present music by Francesco Cavalli, Barbara Strozzi, Francesco Lucio, P.A. Ziani and Giovanni Legrenzi - much of it unheard since the 1650's - using the surviving payment records of a seventeenth-century venetian impresario to reconstruct the band you would have seen in a venetian theatre pit 370 years ago.
For this performance, we will be using two original keyboard instruments from the University of Edinburgh's keyboard collection: a harpsichord by Bernardo Trasuntino (built in 1574) and virginal attributed to Francesco Poggio (c. 1620).
