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Les Musiciens du Louvre will dedicate to Haendel their presentation at the Cervantino
October 01, 2018There is no recipe for art to last. Art is not about time, because important art never ages, said Francesco Corti, director of Les Musiciens du Louvre, in a Skype interview from Basel.
The famous group that stands out for its evolutionary, inventive and original characteristics will perform a program dedicated to Georg Friedrich Haendel, for its presentation on Saturday, October 20, at the Teatro Juárez, as part of the XLVI Cervantino International Festival.
For that evening they will offer the program Crudel tiranno amor with compositions by Georg Friedrich Haendel and the voice of the Italian soprano Arianna Vendittelli.
They will seek to captivate the Cervantine public with Concerto grosso Op. 6 no. 11 in the major HWV 392, Crudel tiranno amor, cantata HWV 97, Nel dolce dell'oblio, de la cantata I pensieri notturni di Filli HWV 134; Concerto grosso Op. 6 no. 2 in F major HWV 320 and Dal giorno fatale, from the cantata Delirio amoroso HWV 99, among other themes.
"There is much baroque music that can be considered minor, that aged bad and doesn’t have a purpose, but the great composers of the past are all contemporary. The music of the great composers did not age.
He said that in the same way that Baroque architecture is still exciting today, despite being old, "you can see it the same way, or enjoy it with modern eyes, because they are works that don't age. That happens for all kinds of art, not just for the Baroque period”.
Corti indicated that his experience in Mexico will be excellent in front of a young audience different from the European one, besides that the playful and dancing side of the baroque can be of greater acceptance of the people.
"What is very nice about a young audience, many times, is that they listen to the works very open and without prejudice. And I think that's fabulous, they're musically very open people. And I think that's great".
On the other hand, "there is no expiration date for the music. You're going to listen to and enjoy baroque music for 20, 30, 50 or 100 years. The great works of the past will continue to be contemporary”.
"In addition it is necessary to think that the scores were written many years ago, the musical act is always contemporary. We are people who live today and play for today's public. It's not archaeology or anything to do with museums”.
The group founded 36 years ago, inscribed in the Renaissance of the baroque music of their nation and in the interpretative practice using instruments and styles of the time, led them to reach an early success and extend their repertoire towards classical and symphonic grounds, working both the baroque style and the French operetta, without leaving the musical execution of the nineteenth century.
They have conquered a very personal sound through the founding director Marc Minkowski, appointed "Officer of Arts and Letters" in his country. After recording Haydn's comprehensive London Symphonies for Naïve in 2010, Schubert's Symphonies in 2012 and Dietsch's and Wagner's Flying Dutchman in 2013, he followed up with Bach's Johannes-Passion in April 2017.
Since 2015 the Italian Francesco Corti conducts Les Musiciens du Louvre; his repertoire ranges from Alessandro Scarlatti and Georg Friedrich Haendel to Baldassare Galuppi and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was invited as soloist and director of the Holland Baroque Society for concert tours in Brandenburg and by the Nederlandse Bachvereniging.
Corti, an organ and harpsichord specialist, was invited by Marc Minkowski to join the ensemble in 2007, participating as a soloist in numerous tours; he has collaborated with other important entities such as Zefiro, The Bach Collegium Japan, Les Talens Lyriques, Harmonie Universelle, Pulcinella, Música Temprana and Le Concert des Nations, he has participated as a soloist in Europe, the United States, Latin America and New Zealand.
On the other hand, Arianna Vendittelli, one of the best sopranos of her generation, has performed in the most important theaters and festivals in the world, including Salzburg, Ravenna and Spoleto, and in the theaters La Fenice in Venice and San Carlo in Naples, among others.
Vendittelli showed a strong interest in music from an early age when she began her violin studies and then focused on singing. She graduated with honors from the Antonio Buzzolla Conservatory in Adria, an Italian town in the province of Rovigo, and perfected her style with Mariella Devia.
She debuted at the Teatro Regio in Torino with Così fan tutte, in 2012, playing Despina, with Christopher Franklin on the podium and under the direction of Ettore Scola. In 2015 she won the Audience Award at the International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Ces, winning a place at the worldwide premiere Cesti’s le nozze in sogno.
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