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The Music of the Musketeers

Lucie Skeaping presents music from L'Arpeggiata exploring some of the music connected with Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin, characters in Dumas's The Three Musketeers.

Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin are two of the central figures in Alexandre Dumas's novel, "The Three Musketeers". Together with readings from Dumas' novels, Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert given by L'Arpeggiata exploring some of the music connected with Anne and Mazarin, in particular Italian music performed at her court, from composers such as Monteverdi and Luigi Rossi.

58 minutes

Music Played

  • Luigi Rossi

    Sinfonia; "Vaghi rivi" from 'Il Palazzo incantato'

    Performers: Raquel Andueza (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Recording provided by the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Che si puo fare

    Performers: Raquel Andueza (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Recording provided by the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Luigi Rossi

    "Dove mi spingi amor" from 'Il Palazzo incantato'; Excerpt from 'Gelosia';

    Performers: Raquel Andueza (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Recording provided by the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Giovanni Andrea Bontempi

    Ma perche non uccido – Giach'a morte

    Performers: Raquel Andueza (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Recording provided by the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Luigi Rossi

    Ballo from 'Il Palazzo incantato'

    Performers: L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Recording provided by the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Giovanni Andrea Bontempi

    Non conosce

    Performers: Raquel Andueza (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Recording provided by the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Benedetto Ferrari

    Son Ruinato

    Performers: Raquel Andueza (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Recording provided by the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Luigi Rossi

    Al soave spirar

    Performers: Raquel Andueza (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Recording provided by the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Luigi Rossi

    Si tocci tamburo

    Performers: Raquel Andueza (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Recording provided by the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Pur ti miro

    Performers: Raquel Andueza (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Recording provided by the European Broadcasting Union.
  • Luigi Rossi

    Sinfonia

  • Luigi Rossi

    'Vaghi rivi' from 'Il Palazzo incantato'

  • Barbara Strozzi

    'Che si puo fare'

  • Luigi Rossi

    'Dove me spingi amor' from 'Il Palazzo incantato'

  • Luigi Rossi

    Excerpt from 'Gelosia'

  • Giovanni Bontempi

    'Ma perche non uccido - Giach'a morte'

  • Luigi Rossi

    Ballo from 'Il Palazzo incantato'

  • Giovanni Bontempi

    Non conosce

  • Benedetto Ferrari

    Son Ruinato

  • Luigi Rossi

    Al soave spirar

  • Luigi Rossi

    Si tocci tamburo

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Pur ti miro

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Sep 2012 13:00

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