LuminaVocalEnsemble's video: Lumina: Baroque gem Il Silentio Nocivo by Barbara Strozzi: 900 years of women composers

'Il Silentio Nocivo' by Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) Live performance by Lumina Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Jamie Lynn Webster. 900 Years of Women Composers' in the Adelaide Fringe Festival, March 2021 at the Torrens Parade Ground Drill Hall in Adelaide. Lumina's first performance in time of COVID! Recording by Kenneth Pope and Video by Cabana Productions. Narrators: Lizzie Zeuner and Imogen Deller-Evans. Lute: Tim Kersten, Viola da gamba: Eleanor Pope Singers: Anna Pope, Carolyn Wilkins, Penny Dally, Meg Pope, Fiona O'Connor, Tim Muecke, Angus Wallace & Kenneth Pope. Find scores, CDs and info @luminavocal : https://luminavocal.com.au Latest news: https://www.facebook.com/LuminaVocal Moving firmly into the Baroque period, we meet the renowned singer and instrumentalist Barbara Strozzi, the most published Venetian composer of her era. Born in Venice in 1619, Strozzi was the adopted/illegitimate daughter of a famous writer who took her into his household and nurtured her musical gifts. Considered one of the finest singers of her day, Strozzi accompanied herself on the lute, and wrote and published many songs and choral works, usually for female voices. The theme of passionate love continues in Strozzi’s four-part choral work Il silentio nocivo (painful silence). The word painting is vivid, and the music moves from slow sensuous harmonies to elegant movement between the vocal lines. Translation in part: The sweetest breaths of our hearts, Lovers, are our affectionate words and songs. Your burning ardour, oh my heart, unleashes them. If such ardour does not touch you, then at least exchange two soft kisses. Afflicted mouth, you are foolish if you remain silent. Sing, breathe, and the pain is released. Sing, so that the sweetest breaths of our hearts, Lovers, are our affectionate words and songs.