Christmas Festival. Neapolis Ensemble. Masterpieces of Italian Baroque

Artists:

Maria Marone, voice

Giuseppe Copia, baroque and classical guitar

Nuncio Veneruzo, mandolins

Valerio Mola, viola da gamba

Rafaele Filaci, percussion

Fabio Soriano, flutes, musical direction

Since its founding, the Neapolis ensemble has performed at many prestigious events in more than 20 countries, including the Île-de-France Festival, Salle Cortot in Paris, the Sablé Festival, the opera houses of Lyon, the Besançon International Music Festival, the Lille Opera, the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris (France), Montserrat Abbey (Spain), the Cologne Philharmonie, Radialsystem V in Berlin, the Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Schwetzingen Festival, Festival Mitte Europa (Germany), the Flanders Festival in Bruges and Mechelen (Belgium), the Merano Music Weeks, Teatro Al Massimo in Palermo (Italy), Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Teatro Oriente in Santiago (Chile), the Meknes Festival (Morocco), the University Cultural Center in Mexico City (Mexico), the Radisson ballroom in Montevideo (Uruguay), the Castle Festival in Saint Petersburg, the Moscow House of Music (Russia), the Dornbirn Festival, the Brucknerhaus in Linz (Austria), Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, the Utrecht Early Music Festival (Netherlands), the Estonian Concert Hall in Tallinn (Estonia), as well as the Day of Intercultural Art Dialogues in Istanbul (Turkey).

The Neapolis ensemble has taken part in many radio programs, including Radio France, Radiouno, Klara Radio, SWR2 and Catalunya Ràdio, and has also recorded a live concert for the television channel Mezzo TV.

This musical program will feature Neapolitan music of the 16th and 17th centuries, including works by Giovan Thomaso di Maio, Francesco Lambardi, G. L. “dell’arpa” Mollica, Giovan Domenico da Nola, Andrea Falconieri and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, as well as transcriptions by Athanasius Kircher. The program is also complemented by several anonymous traditional Neapolitan pieces.