Magdalena Kožená & Daniele Caminiti

Henry Purcell
Music for a While (from Oedipus Z 583)

Henry Purcell
Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanias Z 585)

John Dowland
In Darkness Let Me Dwell

Daniele Caminiti
Improvisation

Tarquinio Merula
Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna Daniele Caminiti
Improvisation

Brett Dean
Gertrude Fragments Henry Purcell
When I Am Laid in Earth (from Dido and Aeneas Z 626)

Luciano Berio
Sequenza III for Solo Voice

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
Toccata arpeggiata

Pietro Antonio Cesti
Disseratevi abissi (from L'

Argia)Giulio Caccini
Odi, Euterpe, il dolce canto (from Le nuove musiche)

Alessandro Piccinini
Toccata V

IIIBarbara Strozzi
Lagrime mie (from Diporti di Euterpe Op. 7)

Tarquinio Merula
Quando io volsi l'atra sera

Magdalena Kožená has long been acclaimed for her wide­-ranging repertoire from Lully to Kurt Weill. With her Pierre Boulez Saal recital, she returns to an early passion of hers, performing Italian vocal works of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras, which she had first explored during her studies. “I grew up with this music and wanted to come back to it,” the mezzo­-soprano says. Her program, for which she is joined by lutenist Daniele Caminiti (who will also perform his own impro­visations), unites Kožená’s love for Early Music with an equal devotion to contemporary works, including Berio’s famous Sequenza III for solo voice.