Ravenna Festival
Omaggio a G.B. Pergolesi nel 300° anniversario della nascita
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Ensemble Melodi Cantores
Orchestra Barocca Harmonicus Concentus
direttore Elena Sartori
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Versicolo Deus, in Adiutorium
Salmo 109 Dixit Dominus
Salmo 110 Confitebor
2 frammenti della Messa Estense
Magnificat
Salmo 112 Laudate pueri
Salve Regina
In November 1732 a violent earthquake shook Naples, and Pergolesi was called to implore divine mercy: his famous Saint Emidius Mass and several psalms and antiphonies were performed in the small church of S. Maria della Stella. On this occasion Dixit Dominus, Confitebor tibi and Salve regina were also composed as parts of some hypothetical vespers. But mystery still enshrouds Pergolesi’s “case”: undisputedly great in his own times for his transparent and immediate music, the composer prematurely died inspiring a train of followers and imitators who soon made him an idol and left a multitude of forgeries on which musicologists still debate, leaving ample space for bold interpretation.
