The Heart, Vapours and Fluids
Italian solo songs and instrumental music from the 17th century
Bembo–Colista–Corbetta–Gesualdo–Kapsberger–Kircher–Meda–Leonarda–Sances–Strozzi
Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano
Finnish Baroque Orchestra
Marianna Henriksson, programme planning
In the 17th century, the understanding of psychophysiology was based on medical science descended from the Antiquity, with fundamental factors like elements, bodily fluids and life spirits. The musical affects had a concrete influence on the human body, especially by the expansion and shrinking of the heart. In our programme, the soprano Tuuli Lindeberg performs agitating solo songs, stirring the bodily fluids and causing the life spirits to erupt from the heart.
The texts of the seldom performed songs in the programme refer to the physiology of music: to the different reactions of the heart, as in burning or swelling, to the healing power of song and lamentation and to movements of the bodily fluids. Carlo Gesualdo’s madrigal Poi che l’avida sete speaks about the fluid of sorrow swelling in the chest, Giovanni Felice Sancesi’s song Lagrime amare refers to life spirits moving with the blood. In Barbara Strozzi’s lyrics we can often hear the physiology on the level of text and music, as in the song Fin che tu spiri.
The same powers impacted both the secular and the sacred music, which we can hear in Antonia Bembo’s and Bianca Maria Meda’s songs to sacred texts. Bembo’s great sacred cantata Lamento della Vergine tells about Virgin Mary and contains descriptions of physical events. Mary’s weeping brings even the elements to tears.
An ensemble from the Finnish Baroque Orchestra performs among other works instrumental music by Isabella Leonarda and Lelio Colista. With its wordless power, it can bring the listener to inner turmoil.
Duration: 1 h 30 min (incl. intermission)
FiBO's artistic planners Marianna Henriksson and Anthony Marini introduce the concert at the House of Nobility on 28 April from 5 pm to 5.30 pm.
HELSINKI (House of Nobility)
Tickets 15/29/37/52 € (price according to the seat) including handling costs + 1,5 € delivery fee per order: Ticketmaster's points of purchase and ticketmaster.fi
Student tickets at the door 10 €
Series tickets for the residency series of the House of Nobility 72/92 € (price according to seat) including handling costs + 1,5 € delivery fee per order: Ticketmaster's points of purchase and ticketmaster.fi. Series tickets can be purchased until the series' first concert (February 4). Note! When you buy online, the system offers its best seat. If you want to choose a specific seat, it is possible at Ticketmaster's points of purchase.
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The House of Nobility is not barrier-free. There are some steps at the front door, and there’s a staircase leading from the foyer to the concert hall on the second floor.
The second floor of the House of Nobility is accessible by wheelchair from the entrance on the Ritarikatu side, from where the porter will guide you to the lift. The porter will open the door on Ritarikatu on request. If you know your time of arrival well in advance, you are very welcome to inform us beforehand by calling the office at 010 411 7260. Another option is to call the same number when you arrive at the Ritarikatu entrance, but please keep in mind that it might take a while for the porter to arrive at the door.
An accessible toilet is available in the concert café on the second floor.
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KONNEVESI
Tickets 40 € (inside) / 10 € (outside): Flower shop Kimppu and tiketti.fi
HELSINKI (Puistola Church)
Free entry, voluntary programme fee