FURY | MERCY Try-out concert

Soprano Channa Malkin invited Mike Fentross and his baroque orchestra, La Sfera Armoniosa, to record a Vivaldi album with her. In Splendor, they put the finishing touches on their preparations with this try-out concert.

Channa:
“Rage, anger, fury. When was the last time you were truly enraged?

In our society, anger has a bad reputation. We prefer to suppress this uncomfortable feeling. Especially women grow up with the expectation that they should always be kind, sweet, and agreeable. But why?

Isn’t anger a powerful indicator of an unfulfilled need, a signal that something must change? And if we allow ourselves to fully experience it, might there be a heavenly catharsis after the storm?

There is one composer who understood and expressed this like no other: Antonio Vivaldi. The relentless wrath of God and the fury of a betrayed lover transform—through the most sublime melodies—into a plea for forgiveness and, ultimately, mercy.”

Works performed include:
Concerto Madrigalesco RV 129
RV 626 In furore iustissimae irae

Soprano: Channa Malkin
La Sfera Armoniosa:
Violins 1: Kano Imada, Chiharu Rachael Shimana
Violins 2: Emma Williams, Ruiqi Ren
Violas: Femke Huizinga, Luca Alfonso Rizello
Celli: Octavie Dostaler Lalonde, Osian Jones
Double bass: **Severiano Paoli **
Harpsichord and organ: Artem Belogurov
Theorbo, baroque guitar, musical direction: Mike Fentross

A crowdfunding campaign is running on Voor de Kunst to make this album possible. Your support makes all the difference! Thank you so much for your generosity!

Link to (a previous) album on NPOKlassiek.

Member concert
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