The Jupiter Ensemble unites some of today’s most dynamic young period-instrument artists in performances of electrifying energy and artistry. Internationally acclaimed for their award-winning recordings and appearances at major venues worldwide, the ensemble brings fresh vitality to Baroque repertoire.
This program explores the myth of the Amazons in music by Antonio Vivaldi, Francesco Cavalli, André Cardinal Destouches, and others, weaving drama, brilliance, and instrumental colour into a thrilling musical journey.
Program
Francesco Provenzale (1632-1704)
- “Non posso far” (from Lo schiavo di sua moglie)
Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
- Sinfonia to Act 1 from Ercole amante
Francesco Provenzale (1632-1704)
- “Lasciatemi morir, stelle crudeli” (from Lo schiavo di sua moglie)
Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638-1693)
- “Muove il pie fuorie d’averno” (from Mitilene, regina delle Amazoni)
Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672-1751)
- Sinfonia pour la tempête from Die getreue Alceste
Carlo Pallavicino (1630-1688)
- “Vieni, corri” from L’Antiope
- “Sdegni furori barbari” from L’Antiope
Anne Danican Philidor (1681-1728)
- Marche – Thalestris – Marche from Les Amazones
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
- “L’Ameriquaine”
André Cardinal Destouches (1672-1749)
- “Ô mort! Ô triste mort” from Marthésie, première reine des amazons
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
- Sinfonia: I. Allegro from Ercole su’l Termodonte, RV 710
Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672-1751)
- “Non ha fortuna il pianto mio” from Die getreue Alceste
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
- Sinfonia: II. Andante from Ercole su’l Termodonte, RV 710
Giuseppe de Bottis (1678-1753)
- “Lieti fiori” from Mitilene Regina delle Amazzoni
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
- Sinfonia: III. Allegro from Ercole su’l Termodonte, RV 710
- “Onde chiare che susurrate” from Ercole su’l Termodonte, RV 710
- “Armatae face” from Juditha triumphans, RV 644