Candace Smith director Elena Biscuola, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli, Candace Smith, Patrizia Vaccari, Silvia Vajente, Barbara Zanichelli voices Miranda Aureli organ Claudia Pasetto, Bettina Hoffmann viola da gamba Maria Christina Cleary, Loredana Gintoli harp Other instruments (cornetts, trombones, violins, etc) according to programme

Cappella Artemisia is an ensemble of female singers and instrumentalists dedicated to performing the music from Italian convents of the 16th and 17th centuries. Its repertoire includes both forgotten works composed by nuns themselves, as well as music written by celebrated male composers and intended for performance in the convents. Since its inception in 1991 Cappella Artemisia has received critical and popular praise, both for the rarity and originality of its repertoire, and for the high quality of its performances. It has appeared at prestigious festivals of early music throughout Europe and North America and its concerts have been broadcast by European and American radios. In addition to their traditional repertoire of convent music, the singers of the ensemble have also been involved in a modern staging of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in an all-women’s performance recalling that of 1689 at a fashionable school in Chelsea for Young Gentlewomen.

Sample Programme:

The Trumpet Shall Sound: A programme of music for trumpet and strings by Purcell, Finger, Corelli, Stradella, Scarlatti, Torelli and Vivaldi, with the acclaimed baroque trumpeter Robert Farley.

Recordings:

Motets by André Campra [1660-1744] for one, two and three voices with Philippa Hyde, Rodrigo del Pozo and Peter Harvey (EtCetera KTC1201, released 1999).

Performances:

3 Mar 07 Douai Abbey, Berkshire
10 Mar 07 Blackburn Cathedral, Lancs
28 Jul 07 Wells Cathedral, Somerset

Contact:

Jill Caudle, General Manager, 297 Stafford Road, Caterham

Surrey CR3 6NN

Tel/Fax: 01883 344031

Email: info@canzona.co.uk
Website: www.canzona.co.uk