Inedite – Schuilkerk De Hoop

The Lendvay Ensemble, which takes its name from its founder, the renowned Hungarian violinist József Lendvay, will present works by unknown female composers. Among the pioneering female composers from various countries and periods, the names of Barbara Strozzi and Isabella Leonarda are mentioned first. They both lived in 17th-century Italy, one as a composer of secular songs, the other with an oeuvre encompassing nearly every religious genre of her time: motets, psalms, magnificats, and masses. Antonia Bembo and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre were their contemporaries.

Maddalena Laura Sirmen, born Lombardini, famous as a composer, singer, and violinist, was also Italian but lived a century later. Pioneers of the 20th century include the Dutch Henriette Bosmans (who, thankfully, is increasingly heard) and the French composer Elsa Jacqueline Barraine. The latter is considered one of the most outstanding French composers of the 1950s. Yet, her music is rarely performed today. The same can be said of the works of composer and teacher Claude Arrieu and the Czech composer and conductor Viteslava Kapralova.
It’s wonderful that we can now hear the compositions of these pioneers!

• József Lendvay, violin;
• Katja Dirven-Didychenko, cello;
• Letizia Elsa Maulà, clarinet

Programme:

• Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704 Trio Sonata
• Henriëtte Bosmans (1895-1952) Arietta
• Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745-1818) Trio
• Elsa Barraine (1910-1999) Serenade
• Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729) Le passage de la Mer Rouge
• Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) Arietta
• Antonia Bembo (ca. 1640-ca. 1720) Te Deum
• Claude Arrieu (1903-1990) Trio in UT
• Viteslava Kapralova (1915-1940) Trio