Concertzender Live on Friday 23 December 14:00-16:00 CET is in Christmas heaven. First you can listen to the Christmas concert ‘Christmette’ by Margaretha Consort. This is then followed by a harp performance by the famous baroque harpist Mara Galassi.
17th century Christmas party
In December 2017, the Dutch Margaretha Consort led by Marit Broekroelofs gave an atmospheric Christmas concert titled ‘Christmette’. This concert features 17th-century music by Michael Praetorius with texts by Martin Luther and follows the liturgy for the Christmas Eve service.
Christmette is a 17th-century Christmas party with choir, soloists, congregational singing, 4 viola da gambas and 2 organs. Listeners can experience a Christmas Eve service, as it may have taken place around 1640…
Mara Galassi and the Barberini-harp
Mara Galassi
During the Early Music Festival 2019 in Utrecht, harpist Mara Galassi played the programme ‘Dentice, Trabaci, Mayone & De Macque: The harp in Naples’.
The Milanese Mara Galassi is one of the most important baroque harpists in the world and has often worked with Hespèrion XXI, Concerto Italiano and Cantus Cölln.
Mara Galassi plays music from 17th century Naples, from famous harpists and lutenists such as Ascano Mayone, Louis Maymon and Adriana Basile. This music is in the new musical style (‘nuove musiche’) that was in vogue in Naples in the 17th century, with works by Dentice, Trabaci, Mayone and De Macque.
Galassi plays a copy of the ‘Barberini harp’ from 1615.
Broadcasts:
- Friday 23 December 2022, 14.00-16.00 CET
- Tuesday 27 December 2022, 14.00-16.00 CET
