Thursday 24 May, 7.30 pm - Church in Rougemont

Italian Trio Sonatas

CAFÉ ZIMMERMANN
Pablo VALETTI violin
Petr SKALKA cello
Céline FRISCH harpsichord

Sonatas by Francesco Maria Veracini, Domenico Scarlatti, Francesco Geminiani & Pietro Locatelli

One of the leading Baroque ensembles, “Café Zimmermann” first earned its reputation performing Bach’s instrumental music. For their concert in Rougemont the three “pillars” of the ensemble, all trained at the Schola Cantorum in Basle, have prepared an intimate and colorful voyage to Italy, where the trio sonata and other principal forms of Baroque music originated.

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Friday 25 May, 2 pm - Church in Rougemont

Youngsters singing for other youngsters

VOCALISTS FROM THE LAUSANNE CONSERVATORY
Henri FARGE direction
N. N. violins
Veronika KUIJKEN harpsichord

Madrigals by Monteverdi

Following concerts with the Ministrings three years ago, the Maîtrise two years ago, and the Orchestra Piccolo last year, students from the Lausanne Conservatory are “back in the trenches” this year to demonstrate their passion to other youngsters. These are advanced choir singers who have come to perform under the direction of the former choir director of Radio-France.

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Friday 25 May, 7.30 pm - Church in Rougemont

The “Four Seasons” and other Italian concertos

I VIRTUOSI DELLE MUSE (8 musicians)
Jonathan GUYONNET violin
Stefano MOLARDI harpsichord & direction

Antonio Vivaldi: “The Four Seasons”; Concerto in G Minor RV 156
Antonio Caldara: Introduzione alla Passione
Archangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata Op. 3 No. 4
Georg Friedrich Haendel: Suite “Fortunate Florindo”
Nicola Porpora: Concerto Op. 2 No. 5

This is not the first performance of the “Four Seasons” at “La Folia”: the performance of the renowned Barocchisti in 2004 is followed this year by the new rising star among Italian Baroque ensembles. Founded in Cremona in 2004, “I Virtuosi delle Muse” recently signed with EMI Classics. At the heart of their concert programme are the works of a number of Italian musical geniuses.

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Saturday 26 May, 11 am - Church in Rougemont

Harpsichord Recital: from Frescobaldi to Bach

Jovanka MARVILLE harpsichord

Works by Giovanni Battista Ferrini, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Georg Friedrich Haendel, Domenico Scarlatti & Johann Sebastian Bach

It is the king of instruments at “La Folia”, the one with which everything began. The magnificent harpsichords belonging to our president Jean-Michel Chabloz have a rendezvous this year with Jovanka Marville, professor at the Lausanne University of Music (HEM). A student of Christiane Jaccottet (as well as “our” Ruedi Lutz for improvisation), she has prepared a musical voyage through Baroque Europe that begins at the court in Mantua and will end in Northern Germany.

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Saturday 26 May, 7.30 pm - Church in Rougemont

Monteverdi, body and soul

LAUSANNE VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Michel CORBOZ direction

A collection of madrigals and excerpts from Selva Morale by Claudio Monterverdi

Is it necessary to introduce the Lausanne Vocal Ensemble? Founded in 1961 by Michel Corboz, this outstanding choral ensemble first established its international reputation with much-praised recordings of Monteverdi and is thus a “logical” choice to perform at the 12th edition of the festival with its particular emphasis on Mantua this year. The ensemble will be coming with an assortment of sacred and profane works by the Italian composer in a colorful homage which unites heaven and earth.

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Sunday 27 May, 7.30 pm - Chruch in Rougemont

“Il canto delle lagrime” – approaching Monteverdi’s “Lamento d’Arianna”

Raquel ANDUEZA song
Bérengère SARDIN harp
Yves RECHSTEINER harpsichord

Approaching Claudio Monteverdi’s “Lamento d'Arianna” – excerpts from:
Claudio Monteverdi: 7th book of Madrigals; Scherzi Musicali
Girolamo Frescobaldi: 1st and 2nd books of Toccatas
Salomone Rossi: various books of Sinfonias, Gagliards & Courantes

Orfeo is well known, but Arianna has been lost: the only part of this opera that has survived is Monterverdi’s masterpiece the “Lamento d’Arianna”, whose success gave birth to a veritable musical genre that bridged the 17th century. Yves Rechtsteiner has created an original concert programme centering around this Lamento and contemporary composers from the court in Mantua such as Frescobaldi and Salomone Rossi.

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Monday 28 May, 11 am - Church in Rougemont

Italian Improvisations

Ruedi LUTZ (harpsichord, organ, keyboard) improvises on music from the court in Mantua with three students from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis:
Alice BORCIANI soprano
Eva SALADIN violin
Sam CHAPMAN lute & theorbo

The festival’s favorite child will never stop surprising us! He is coming to Rougemont this year in the same costume that delighted us in 2001: as professor for improvisation at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, the prestigious school to whom the festival owes so much. “Primus inter pares”, he is coming to the 12th edition of the festival with three of his students ready to weave their themes around music from the court in Mantua.

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Monday 28 May, 4 pm - Church in Rougemont

«Il cieco miraculoso» – Conrad Paumann at the court of the house of Gonzaga

TASTO SOLO
Guillermo PÉREZ organetto & direction
David CATALUNYA clavicymbalum
Andrés Alberto GOMEZ organ
Angélique MAUILLON Gothic harp
Viva Biancaluna BIFFI vielle & song

The ensemble “Tasto solo” has made a specialty of rediscovering the repertoire for Gothic keyboard instruments from the 14th and 15th centuries. Each of the apparitions is a sensation for the ears as well as for the eyes, for one rarely has the opportunity to admire such “mechanical” marvels. The ensemble comes with a programme centering around one its “warhorses”, Conrad Paumann, one of the first composers from the tradition of the great German school.

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