Barbara Strozzi, I Sacri Musicali Affetti

Barbara Strozzi, I Sacri Musicali Affetti

Jessica Gould, soprano

Elena Biscuola, mezzo-soprano

Paula Chateauneuf & Catherine Liddell, theorbo

Christa Patton, baroque harp

Katie Rietman, baroque cello

Caitlyn Koester, chamber organ

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In honor of the 400th anniversary of the birth of Barbara Strozzi, we draw from the only sacred volume from her prolific compositional output, I Sacri Musicali Affetti.

Commissioned by a female patron and featuring motets dedicated mostly to female saints, we close our New York season with this performance of daringly expressive and formally inventive pieces by one of the baroque era's greatest composers.