Vancouver Bach Festival: Cozzolani Reunited (film)
Free (Free ($5-$10CAD in-person))
Maria Francesca Nascinbeni — Non tema nò di morte
Lucas Harris — Selected works
Suzie LeBlanc, soprano
Myriam Leblanc, soprano
Ariadne Lih, soprano
Bronwyn Thies-Thompson, soprano
Lucas Harris, therobo
Antoine Malette-Chénier, baroque triple harp
Dorothéa Ventura, chamber organ & soprano
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani has been steadily receiving recognition in recent decades as one of the most skillful and expressive of a handful of published nun composers from seventeenth-century Italy. She took her vows at age 18, adopting “Chiara” as her religious name as she entered the Benedictine monastery of Santa Radegonda, where she would serve as maestra di cappella, abbess, and prioress.
This programme focuses on her 1648 collection of twelve motets for solo soprano, Scherzi di sacra melodia. No copy of the accompanying basso continuo partbook has been found, making the collection inaccessible to performers until now. The bass part for three of the motets was composed from scratch by lutenist Lucas Harris. The concert ends with Non tema nò di morte, a trio from the sole surviving collection of another Italian nun composer, Maria Francesca Nascinbeni. Of Nascinbeni’s life we know little, though in her publication’s preface she casually mentions being only sixteen years old.
The broadcast and concert will take place at 1pm Pacific.
This concert will premiere online at the EMV YouTube channel and will be available to stream until August 6, 2021. Access to the online concert is free, and donations are greatly appreciated.
Attending in-person: The film will be shown at:
The Cinematheque
1131 Howe St
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2K8, Canada
In-person tickets: $10 CAD / $7.85 USD group of 1 ($5 CAD / $3.91 USD ages 35 & younger, group of one)
Link to donate: https://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/donate/