The Ornamented Voice—
Women Composers of the Baroque
featuring Paulina Francisco, soprano
June 12 |Berkeley
In this program featuring all female composers, Bay Area favorites Musica Pacifica explore the breathtaking solo vocal music of the era, which brought expressivity of text to new heights. Hailed for her “vivacious soprano [that] was a ray of sunshine” (The Guardian), Paulina Francisco will delight and devastate in this program supported by the stellar instrumentalists of Musica Pacifica, lauded for both the dazzling virtuosity and the warm expressiveness of its performances.
Paulina Francisco, soprano | Judith Linsenberg, recorder | Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
Alexa Haynes-Pilon, cello & viola da gamba | Charles Sherman, harpsichord & organ
John Lenti, theorbo & guitar
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 7:30 PM
First Church Berkeley UCC
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
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PROGRAM
Sonata Nona, Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Maria, dolce Maria, Francesca Caccini (1587–1640)
Gran miracol d’amore, Maddalena Casulana (c.1544–c.1590)
L’amante segreto, Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
Sonata No. 2 in D major (1707), Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665–1729)
Semelé, Jacquet de la Guerre
Sonata II, Mrs Philharmonica (fl. 1715?)
Hard is the fate of him who loves, Elizabeth Turner (1730–1756)
Allegro ma non troppo from Sonata in B flat major Anna Amalia von Preussen (1723–1787)
Drink to me only with thine eyes, Turner
Sonata Duodecima, Op. 16, Leonarda
Conditor alme, Gracia Baptista (fl. 1557?)
Cari Musici, Bianca Maria Meda (c.1665–c.1700)