Rolf Lislevand - liuto, tiorba e chitarra barocca
Paola Erdas - clavicembalo

From a lyric by Don Juan de Tassis, the title “The unfretted Pearls” described the sound of the two plucked instruments, the Lute and the Harpsichord. The nobleman explains with charming words the wondeful suond of the plucked string: precise, clear but at the same time soft and velvety, just like a pearl.
The two instruments meet here together to ricreate the special atmosphere of the Parisians salons in the last years of XVII century.
In this magic moment the repertoire of the two instruments is mixed, interlaced: the lute, the prince of the instrumens in the pasts years, open his doors at the new cortisan, the harpsichord, which absorbs the style, the sound, the refined atmosphere rich of passionate feeling.
A sound evocation, new and ancient at the same time, a private look in the reunions in which lutenists and harpsichordists was together to play, to discuss, to drink a good glass of red wine, to enjoy their wonderful music.
But Luth and Harpsichord were also protagonists in the nights in the Latin Europe, when in the Palaces people dancing and in the streets musicians challenged rounds playing and improvising for hours.
From the melancholy Spanish Romances to the exciting Italian dances this musical world begin life again, to revive in our times in a uninterrupted “Festa” of sound and fantasy.
An intellectual and ludic play, to enjoy the players and the audience.

Once upon a time, in the XVIth century the Portuguese Empire extended his long arms on the South of India, on the magnificent coasts that was perfect to the commerce of the tastefully spices.
The result of this domination we can see now in Goa, the most important city of the Portuguese-Indian Empire: Iberian architecture but with Indian colours and details, a food in which both great culture are mixed in perfect armony, Catholic Churches between at Hindu Temples.
We say that the Portuguese merchants, far from their country, beginning to integrate in the Indian culture, married Indian wonderful woman, living in a very special Iberian-Indian style.
This concert is an ideal musical evocation of this times: harpsichord Iberian music with the sound enchanting of the tabla, the noble plucked intrument with the king of the Indian drums.
The result is a incredible sound experience in which both musical identity are mixed in a charming harmony.

Hermosuras significa bellezze.
Bellezze nell’arte del Siglo de Oro, momento magico e splendido che vede la Spagna a capo di un impero “su cui non tramontava mai il sole”. La bellezza e la passionalità sacra e profana si fondono e si intersecano in un disegno in cui il fortissimo senso religioso tipicamente iberico e la vivacità popolare acquistano un senso unitario ed estremamente affascinante.

La Quatrieme Chambre era il nome della stanza dedicata agli intrattenimenti musicali a Versailles, l’elegante salotto in cui i re borboni vivevano i loro momenti più autentici ascoltando la loro musica da camera prediletta.

Un gioco di specchi tra Barocco Italiano e Francese, in cui l'uno emula l'altro. Un programma in cui i pezzi si dividono in due sezioni, perfettamente in equilibrio. Al centro, uno specchio immaginario crea una simmetria che rimanda la seconda parte alla prima, il clavicembalo verso il violoncello, l'Italia verso la Francia - e viceversa.
Gilles Cantagrel
Come due mani, speculari e intecciate.

Un’arte che domina il fuoco, una passione che toglie il respiro: dall’idea dell’unione dei due elementi, l’Aria (ovvero il Sospiro) e il Fuoco si sprigiona una sintesi musicale e poetica del barocco italiano.

Un grido che congiunge l’alto al basso, il mistero della tenebra al volo dell’Arcangelo.
Dall’estasi alla Caduta il suono del barocco esplora le possibilità del volo e definisce una possibile forma del cielo.

Concerto, Sonate, Ciacona et Follia