Lullian Concert | Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

On Feb. 5, 2023, on the podium of the Mehta Hall of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino we will find maestro Federico Maria Sardelli, who will conduct a rich program all focused on the figure of Giovanni Battista Lulli/Jean Baptiste Lully, a great Florentine-born composer who was one of the leading exponents of French Baroque music.

Music Programme

• F.M. Sardelli, Suite composée à la mémoire immortelle de l’incomparable M.r De Lully (2009) | world premiere recording
• G.B. Lulli, Passacaille d’Armide, LWV 71: “Les Plaisirs ont choisi pour asile” for soloists, choir and orchestra;
• G.B. Lulli, Omnes gentes LWV 77/10, petit motet per 2 soprani, basso e basso continuo
• G.B. Lulli, Te Deum LWV 55, grand motet for soloists, small choir, big choir and orchestra

Performers

Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli

Soloists
Elena Bertuzzi, Dessus
Rui Hoshina, Dessus
Emma Alessi Innocenti, Bas-dessus
Aco Bišćević, Haute-contre
Alessio Tosi, Taille
Mauro Borgioni, Basse

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
Ricercare Ensemble Choir (Choir Master: Rocco Adami)

The concert has been organized featuring the new Giovanni Battista Lulli Institute, founded the last 28th November on the occasion of the 390th anniversary of the great composer’s birth and directed by Federico Maria Sardelli himself.

Date event and location

5th February 2023, 5:00 pm | Mehta Hall of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence