Credits:

Camille Delaforge

Description:

[Il Caravaggios Remarkable Achievement: Bringing the Dramatic Expression of the Late Baroque to Life]This program centers on three works that dramatically depict the despair of individuals who realize they have been severed from a deeply beloved person, each composed in the Late Baroque styles of England, France, and Italy. It is an excellent program presented by the French early music ensemble Il Caravaggio, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2027. Ferlandini, the composer of *The Lamentation of Mary*, was an Italian who, like his contemporaries Pergolesi and W.F. Bach, rose to the forefront of the European music scene at a young age and became a court composer for the Elector of Bavaria. This work is a song of the Virgin Mary mourning the loss of her son Jesus, who breathed his last on the cross; its richly expressive solo singing is captivating, comparable even to the works of