13 minutes
Countertenor (or mezzo-soprano) 2 violins, cello, harpsichord (lute/theorbo ad lib.)
Nicholas Tamagna and I Poporini
Nicholas Tamagna and I Poporini
Un’alma innamorata (“A soul in love”) is a cantata for counter-tenor, strings, and basso continuo on an 18th-century text attributed to Abbé Francesco Mazziotti originally set by G. F.Handel in a secular cantata of the same name. It was commissioned by Nicholas Tamagnaand premiered in the Schlosstheater Celle by I Porporini led by Gerd Amelung. The piece fuses Jazz, Blues, Spirituals and Neapolitan Song with Baroque structures to relate the timeless message of an anonymous lover who comes to terms with the pains of their fidelity. In the end the moral of the story: “He who wishes to delight in love must first learn how one goes about loving.”
“The highlight of the evening was the brilliant world premiere of “un’alma innamorata” by the composer Raphael Fusco…. Flashes of jazz, folk and classical scattered between the baroque structures. Fireworks in a class of their own.”
