The Ensemble Vivante presents the dramatically charged vocal music of a contemporary of Kepler, offering works whose texts reflect the turbulence, innovation and discovery of their time through their depictions of nature and humanity.
The tenor duets of Claudio Monteverdi / Ensemble Vivante (AT), Credit: tom mesic
The tenor duets of Claudio Monteverdi / Ensemble Vivante (AT), Credit: tom mesic
The tenor duets of Claudio Monteverdi / Ensemble Vivante (AT), Credit: tom mesic
Monteverdi’s music vividly translates both the harmony of the world and the harmony of the spheres. His tenor duets present an especially vibrant cosmos within his oeuvre. Writing for two equal voices, he constructs a series of wholly differentiated rhetorical positions: moving in synchronicity or shadowing one another; declaiming through dialogue; sparring in their vocalization of inner states of mind as two souls in one breast; or melting into a singular voice that speaks from one mouth.
With baroque harp, baroque guitar and harpsichord, Ensemble vivante calls to mind the development of musical instruments, but also the knowledge of how to play them. One of the well-known effects of modern technology is that we have forgotten ancient forms of knowledge. Still, we have to acknowledge their role in history if we want to contextualize the present developments.
Project Credits:
- Tore Tom Denys & Erik Leidal – Tenöre
- Anne Marie Dragosits – Cembalo
- Daniel Pilz – Viola da gamba & Barockgitarre
- Reinhild Waldek – Barockharfe
Biography:
Ensemble Vivante (AT) is a Vienna-based ensemble that has dedicated itself above all to the music of the Italian Early Baroque. The Ensemble Vivante is a regular guest at festivals such as “Resonanzen” in the Konzerthaus Vienna, the Utrecht Festival or the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. Several CDs document the work of vivante, in 2020 a recording with tenor duets by Monteverdi will be released. Tore Tom Denys & Erik Leidal – tenors, Anne Marie Dragosits – harpsichord, Daniel Pilz – Viola da gamba & Baroque guitar, Reinhild Waldek – Baroque harp.
http://www.vivante.at
