EMERGING ENSEMBLES: CONTINUUM XXI

Divertimento Ensemble hosts Continuum XXI for a mixed baroque/contemporary programme.

The evening spans over four centuries of music, building a sound arc that connects seemingly distant worlds: the ornamental and luminous language of the Baroque, the abstraction of the 20th century, and the almost mystical vibration of contemporary research.
The two Improvisations on One Single Tone, dedicated to Giacinto Scelsi, serve as meditative portals connecting the temporal worlds of the programme in a continuum of sound. Scelsi, a visionary figure of the 20th century, conceived music as an exploration of the interiority of sound rather than a succession of notes. In these improvisations, the performative gesture focuses on a single frequency: a single tone that expands, transforms, vibrates in space and in the body, revealing the mystery of its continuous change.
The Continuum XXI ensemble intertwines these repertoires seamlessly, creating a dialogue between the purity of ancient sound and the tensions of contemporary music.

Programme:

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Trio Sonata in D minor
mprovisationon a single note nr. 1 - Hommage to Giacinto Scelsi
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Sinfonia and introduzione al ballo
György Ligeti (1923-2006), Continuum (1968)
Alberto Arroyo (1989), Qué extraño pájaro
Luciano Berio (1925-2003), Gesti (1966)
Georg Philipp Telemann, Fantasia in D
José María Sánchez-Verdú (1968), Melancholia (2015)
Alberto Arroyo (1989), Collapse
Improvisationon a single note nr. 2 - Hommage to Giacinto Scelsi

CONTINUUM XXI

Moisés Maroto, recorder
Adrián Pineda, baroque violin
Marina Cabello del Castillo, viola da gamba
Darío Tamayo, harpsichord
Alberto Arroyo, conductor
 

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