The tenth edition of the Festival Internacional de Música Sacra de Bogotá, the most important sacred music festival in the South American country, opened on 9 September and will continue until 3 October.
The Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Bogotá are participating in the event with the Audivi vocem de caelo (Hearing voices from Heaven) project, a video concert by the ensemble La Terza Prattica, directed by Maestro Massimiliano Toni.
Audivi vocem de caelo is a musical pilgrimage through the Italian repertoire of the 17th century, with pieces by Monteverdi, Carissimi, Frescobaldi, Palestrina, and Isabella Leonarda, among others, and was filmed in Galliate (NO), at the church of San Pietro in Vulpiate, better known as the Varallino Sanctuary.
Audivi vocem de caelo, introduced by the Italian Ambassador in Bogotá, Gherardo Amaduzzi, was broadcast for the first time on Sunday 19 September on the Colombian public television channel Canal Capital. The excellent response from critics and the public prompted the Festival organisers to schedule a second TV broadcast of the concert, rebroadcast by Canal Capital, last Saturday at 6 p.m. local time.
PROGRAM
FRANCESCO CAVALLI (1602–1676)
Canzona a tre
(…) Sonate a Due, Tre, (…), 1656
MARIA XAVERIA PERUCHONA (1652–1709)
O quam Dulce
Mottetto a due canti e due violini
Opera prima, 1675
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA (1525 – 1594) / GIOVANNI BASSANO (1561 – 1617)
Tota Pulchra es
Ricercate, Passaggi et Cadentie (…), 1591
ISABELLA LEONARDA (1620 – 1704)
Sonata VII op. 16, 1693
(Allegro)
ISABELLA LEONARDA (1620 – 1704)
Elevare Anima mea
Mottetto a canto solo con due violini
Opera XIII, 1687
GIOVANNI PANDOLFI MEALLI (1624 – 1687)
La Castella
Per violino e Basso Continuo
Opera 3, 1660
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583 – 1643)
Maddalena alla Croce
Sonetto spirituale, Arie Musicali, 1630
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583 – 1643)
Toccata avanti la Messa della Domenica
Fiori Musicali, 1635
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567 – 1643)
Laudate Dominum
Selva morale e spirituale, 1640
TARQUINIO MERULA (1595 – 1665)
Ciaccona
(…) Canzoni da Suonare(…)
opera 17, 1651
GIACOMO CARISSIMI (1605 – 1674)
Audivi vocem de Caelo
Mottetto per 3 canti, Liuto, Violoncello, 2
violini e Basso Continuo
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567- 1643)
Et Resurrexit
Selva morale e spirituale, 1640
