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18 July — 6 September 2025

Cycle «Change III» 2023 — 2025

Nuria Rial

Thursday, 29 August 2024, Zweisimmen Church

Chamber Music

Thursday, 29 August 2024
7.30 pm, Zweisimmen Church

It’s almost like an annually recurring fairy tale – setting aside the fact that this is an actual occurrence we get to enjoy during each Festival: For a week of relaxed work vibes, filled with countless chances for inspiration and mutual exchange, recorder player Maurice Steger and his team turn the Hotel Ermitage in Gstaad-Schönried into the ideal backdrop for the Gstaad Baroque Academy. The concert featuring all teachers has now become an annual tradition as well: In the Zweisimmen Church, just before the grand finale of Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy 2024, the audience is invited to take a musical journey through the golden age of the Baroque in Italy (featuring Mancini, Vivaldi, Merula, and Corelli), with a detour to Madrid, where, at that time, some Italian musicians, including Andrea Falconiero (commonly known as Falconieri), were making a mark.

Nuria Rial, Soprano
Maurice Steger, Recorder & Flautino
Julia Schröder, Violin
Christoph Dangel, Cello
Sebastian Wienand, Harpsichord & Organ

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) 
“Quella pace grandita”, cantata for soprano, recorder, violin and basso continuo 
Andrea Falconiero (ca. 1585-1656) 
Canzoni napolitani per canti e basso: 
“La bella marchesetta” 
“La suave melodia” 
“Folias echa para mi Señora Doña Tarolilla de Carallenos” 
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) 
“Più non m’alletta e piace”, aria for soprano, flautino, strings and basso continuo 
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) 
Cello Sonata in A Minor, RV 44 
Francesco Mancini (1672-1737) 
“Quanto dolce è quell’ardore”, cantata for soprano, recorder and basso continuo 
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) 
“Sonata representativa” for violin and basso continuo 
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) 
“Che si puó fare?”, aria for soprano and basso continuo 
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) 
Sonata for Recorder and Basso continuo in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 8 (with ornaments by Pietro Castrucci) 
Andrea Stefano Fiorè (1686-1732) 
“Usignolo che col volo”, aria from the opera “Engelberta” for soprano, flautino, violin and basso continuo 
 80'
CHF 130/110/70