Music against the wind

Laura Cocco, trumpet and trumpet

Daniele Cernuto viola da gamba and voice

Calogero Sportato, theorbo eguitar baroque

“From the gallant style to the search for movement...musical styles compared"

The concert sees the use of a rare and unusual ensemble. Instruments such as the archlute and viola da gamba, the trumpet, the trumpet and the voice are combined to be the result of experimentation together. The different acoustics represent further timbral richness.  The sound mix draws enormous inspiration thanks to a path of research through different eras and musical styles. The dialogue between music from different centuries represents the strong point of our project and arouses enormous enthusiasm among the public.

The part dedicated to the voice is the result of research on original sources: treated, music, prints, manuscripts and chronicles of the time. We have delved into the repertoire of perhaps one of the richest periods, various and florid of Italian music: the one that goes from the end of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the seventeenth century. Our attention was paid to vocal music and its expressive potential, and to the instrumental one which was emancipating itself as an autonomous genre. Many composers of that period rediscovered the expressive power of monodic singing inspired by the alleged custom of classical actors of "recitar cantando" which led to what was the opera.
The lyrics retrace the different aspects of love through the typical allegories of the time. And then the mouth is the door of laughter made of roses that guard great treasures that will hardly open to kiss the beloved. The eyes are lights that throw flashes of light and tears are compared to fountains and rivers. This is the song of love and the elusive beauty of one's beloved, whose harsh fate causes our lover to fall into misfortune.

It is a project that involves the research and study of music for a rare and unusual ensemble such as "Theorbo and Trumpet/Trombino". Our work is aimed at sound experimentation, which sees two different instruments with opposite sounds that draw enormous richness from their timbral diversity. The sound mix draws enormous inspiration thanks to a path of research through different eras and musical styles. The dialogue between music from different musical centuries represents the strong point of our project and arouses enormous enthusiasm among the public.