A strikingly beautiful performance by Jordi Savall and his ensemble “Le Concert des Nations”, an orchestra with period instruments. Lachrimae Caravaggio – “Caravaggio’s tears”. Pieces from Musical Europe in the time of the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610). Recorded during Festival de Maguelone, 2012.
It is a project by Jordi Savall involving musical and verbal illustration of seven paintings by the Renaissance Italian painter Michelangelo Caravaggio (Milan, 29 September 1571 – 18 July? 1610), related to the topic of death. Musical motifs interspersed with texts by the French novelist Dominique Fernandez, approximating the individual works of the painter. Caravaggio’s tears were written for the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona.
Savall was inspired by a quote from Goethe about painting needs to have its bass continuo and decided to follow it literally. Some of the works are an homage to composers of the period such as Gesualdo (who also killed a man, by the way), Monteverdi and Trabaci – others are just created in the spirit of the Baroque. All are instrumental except for four short vocal sections by a member of Savall’s family – Ferran Savall.
Performers
- Jordi Savall – viola da gamba
- Ferran Savall – voice
- Philippe Pierlot – viola da gamba
- Sergi Casademunt – viola da gamba
- Lorenz Dufschmidt – viola da gamba
- Xavier Puertas – violone
- Xavier Diaz-Latorre – lute, theorbo & guitar
- Perdo Estevan – percussions
Lachrimae Caravaggio Programme
With the starting times in the video:
- 2:03 Anonymous – Pavana del re
- 3:56 Anonymous – Galliarda la traditora
- 5:37 Jordi Savall – Saltarello
- 7:22 Giovanni M.Trabaci – Durezze E Ligature
- 13:15 John Dowland – Lachrimae Pavan
- 17:06 Orlando Gibbons – In Nomine a 4
- 19:16 William Brade – Ein Schottisch Tanz
- 22:15 Jordi Savall – Passacaglia Libertas
- 25:00 Jordi Savall – Deploratio II
- 27:43 Luys del Milà – Pavana and Gallarda
- 30:47 Joan Cabanilles – Corrente Italiana
- 34:17 Jordi Savall & Dominique Fernandez – Concentus Aria
- 35:36 Jordi Savall & Dominique Fernandez – Concentus Recitativo
- 37:52 Jordi Savall – Folias
- 41:51 Anonymous – Pavane de la Petite Guerre
- 44:06 Anonymous – Bourrée d’avignonez
- 46:27 Consonanze Stravaganti (d’après trabaci)
- 47:57 Jordi Savall – Deploratio III
- 51:14 Samuel Scheidt – Paduan & Courant dolorosa
- 57:56 Jordi Savall – Spiritus Morientis
- 1:00:53 Jordi Savall – Deploratio IV
- 1:05:29 Luigi Rossi – Fantasie “Les Pieurs d`Orphée”
- 1:08:40 Anonymous – Sarabande Italienne
- 1:10:16 Cantus Caravaggio III “In Memoriam”
Sources
- Caravaggio on Wikipedia
- Buying a grand piano: reasons why it’s worth it - February 27, 2021
- Bach – Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords, BWV 1065 (Netherlands Bach Society) - January 15, 2021
- Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1 (Viloteau, Sala, and John Williams versions) - October 12, 2020
