SMITF Lunchtime Concert – Intesa Duo

Join the Intesa Duo, performing at the SMITF Lunchtime concert on Friday 24th July, 1pm.

A self-accompanying voice and viola da gamba duo – on a journey to the Venetian island of San Lazzaro. For the past 300 years, this tiny island has been home to an Armenian monastery and a vital centre of cultural preservation, exchange, and scholarship.Voices of San Lazzaro explores Venice as both a hub of musical composition and publishing in the 17th century, and as a historic bridge between East and West. The programme includes works by Giulio Caccini and his daughters Settimia and Francesca, alongside Monteverdi, Lassus, and Strozzi, interwoven with traditional Armenian melodies, ancient chants, and excerpts from the Armenian Divine Liturgy.

Programme – Voices of San Lazzaro

Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) – Dalla porta d’oriente
Nerses Shnorhali (1102-1173) – Aravot luso
Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) – Susanne un jour
Grigor Narekatsi (c. 950-1007) – Havoon havoon
C. Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Si dolce è’l tormento
Francesca Caccini (1587-1640) – Maria, dolce Maria
Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935) – Soorp Soorp
Orazio Bassani (1550-1615) – Toccata

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) – Che si puó fare
Armenian trad. – Keler Tsoler
Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665) – Folle è bene che si crede
Settimia Caccini (1591-1638) – Due luci ridenti
Luca Marenzio (1556-1599) – In un boschetto
Armenian trad. – Kakavik

Tickets available on the St Martin-in-the-Fields Website