Lithuanian treasures, Canto Fiorito

Giovanni Battista Cocciola was an Italian composer, Chapel Master in Vilnius at the Court of Leonas Sapiega. While most of Cocciola's works are lost, the collection of sacred pieces preserved in Vilnius shows that he was an exquisite composer.

Alongside the Cocciola pieces, Canto Fiorino offers us pieces of the Braunsburg Tabulatur, an organ book written by a Lithuanian Jesuit priest, pieces by Lassus and Gabrieli, as well as pieces by the composers of the Vasa Court. (Court of Sigismund III - King of Poland, Sweden and Grand Duke of Lithuania) as Tarquinio Merula, Diomedes Cato and Bartlomiej Pekiel

This program recreates the musical atmosphere in Lithuania at the beginning of the 17th century.

Rodrigo Calveyra, you know him well in Namur.
He is the wonderful flautist of Cappella Mediterranea.
His solos in the Diluvio Universale give you chills!
Rodrigo Calveyra divides himself between Brazil and Lithuania where he directs his ensemble as well as a festival of old music.

Ieva Gaidamaviciute-Barkauske, soprano
Renata Dubinskaite, mezzo-soprano
Saule Seryte, mezzo-soprano
Algirdas Bagdonavicius, ténor
Nerijus Masevicius, bass
Josue Melendez Pelaez, cornet, flûte
Davide Pozzi, orgue
Rodrigo Calveyra, cornets, flûtes et direction