L'Arpeggiata: Inspired by the Baroque

By Zerbinetta, 16 March 2012

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Zankel, New York City on 15 March 2012

Traditional, Maria, le sette spade

Biber, Rosary Sonata no. 1 in D minor: The Annunciation

Merula, Hor ch'è tempo di dormire

Traditional, Ninna, Nanna Sopra la Romanesca

Traditional, Maria

Ferrari, Queste pungenti spine

Cazzati, Passacaglia

Traditional, Suda sangue

Traditional, Voi che amate

Traditional, Stabat Mater

Kapsberger, Arpeggiata

Traditional, Santo Giesù

Mealli, Sonata "La Vinciolina", Op. 4 no.6

Sances, Stabat mater

Various, Lamento di Gesù

Cazzati, Ciaccona

Monteverdi, Laudate Dominum in sanctus eius

L'Arpeggiata

Christina Pluhar, Director

Ensemble Barbara Furtuna

Raquel Andueza, Soprano

Lucilla Galeazzi, Vocals

25 years on, Jaroussky and L'Arpeggiata entrance Ambronay

David Karlin, 5th October

The superstar countertenor revisit the site of one of their early successes, with hits from Monteverdi and the court of Louis XIII. It makes for an extraordinary evening.

*****

Pluhar leads a great Monteverdi Vespers from L'Arpeggiata

Roy Westbrook, 14th December

An outstanding performance from Christina Pluhar's army of generals, but a flawed Barbican live stream.

****1

L’Arpeggiata brings the spirit of Italian Baroque to Enescu Festival

Edward Sava-Segal, 10th September

A radiant chemistry between Céline Scheen and Philippe Jaroussky is evident in an evening of Caldara and Pergolesi in Bucharest.

****1

L'Arpeggiata jazzes up Purcell in Auckland

Simon Holden, 15th March

While maybe not for the musical puritans, this was the perfect showcase for an exceptional group of musicians to demonstrate their formidable technical and interpretative talents and to respectfully give some new vitality to the magical works of Purcell.

****1

La dama d'Arago: L'Arpeggiata

Frances Wilson, 21st December

L’Arpeggiata brought the sensuous heat and vibrancy of Catalonia to London's Wigmore Hall in a concert featuring songs and music from the Aragon region of Spain.

****1

An inventive Dido and Aeneas in Utrecht

David Pinedo, 5th September

A refreshing, unconventional reworking of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas by L'Arpeggiata in Utrecht.

****1

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Zerbinetta

Zerbinetta is a music educator in the New York area with a background in music performance, theater studies, and history. She is particularly interested in Wagner, Baroque music, and, of course, Richard Strauss.