I Musici di Santa Pelagia & Maurizio Fornero - Colonna: Sacre lamentazioni (2017)

The first part of the seventeenth century witnessed an extraordinary musical development, due, in large part, to the achievements of Italian composers. A decided advance occurred in the city of Bologna, where a group of brilliant composers open to stylistic innovations had gathered at the Basilica di San Petronio. In 1666, thanks to the initiative of the nobleman Vincenzo Maria Carrati, the Accademia Filarmonica was added to this vibrant musical panorama. During the second half of the eighteenth century, under Padre Giovanni Battista Martini, the Accademia would go on to experience its most glorious phase. From the very beginning this new institution could count on the participation of some prominent musicians active in Modena and Bologna. They included Giovanni Paolo Colonna, who had become acquainted with the famous Giacomo Carissimi in Rome. Carissimi introduced him to the resources of the sacred oratorio and offered him the organist’s post at the Chiesa di Sant’Apollinare. The Sacre lamentationi della Settimana Santa, op.9, shows how Colonna was able to generate the highest expressive power even with modest musical means. The intensive dramatic character rendered audible in this work moves listeners even today with its powerful contrasts between light and darkness – even with the simple means of a voice part and the basso continuo.

TRACKLIST

01. Sacre lamentationi della Settimana santa, Op. 9: Prima lamentazione del mercoledì sera
02. In monte oliveti oravit ad patrem
03. Sacre lamentationi della Settimana santa, Op. 9: Seconda lamentazione del mercoledì sera
04. Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem
05. Sacre lamentationi della Settimana santa, Op. 9: Terza lamentazione del mercoledì sera
06. Ecce vidimus eum
07. Sacre lamentationi della Settimana santa, Op. 9: Prima lamentazione del giovedì sera
08. Omnes amici mei
09. Sacre lamentationi della Settimana santa, Op. 9: Seconda lamentazione del giovedì sera
10. Velut templi scissum est
11. Sacre lamentationi della Settimana santa, Op. 9: Terza lamentazione del giovedì sera
12. Vinea mea electa
13. Sacre lamentationi della Settimana santa, Op. 9: Prima lamentazione del venerdì sera
14. Sicut ovis
15. Sacre lamentationi della Settimana santa, Op. 9: Seconda lamentazione del venerdì sera
16. Jerusalem, surge, et exue te vestibus
17. Sacre lamentationi della Settimana santa, Op. 9: Terza lamentazione del venerdì sera
18. Plange quasi virgo