La Défense de la Basse de Viole, contre les prétentions du Violoncelle: A Musical Comedy

Over het evenement

Be among the spectators for a musical duel in the Aula Magna of the Università La Sapienza. The aristocratic instruments of the Ancien Régime (viola da gamba and lute) take on the modern invader, the cello, in this comic text written on the 1740 by Parisian lawyer Hubert Le Blanc.

Music by Geminiani, Marais, Forqueray, and Vivaldi alternates with readings (in Italian) from the brilliantly entertaining text.

Enrico Bronzi, cello
Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba
Lorenzo Ghielmi, harpsichord
Luca Pianca, lute
Luciano Bertoli, recitation