Colburn Baroque Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante
Friday the 13th calls for something out of the ordinary.
The Conservatory of Music’s Baroque Ensemble brings 17th-century German and Italian music to life in a program inspired by the stylus phantasticus, or fantastic style, a term for music that was extravagant, improvisatory, experimental, and often bizarre.
Works by Biber, Castello, Bertali, Frescobaldi, and Weckmann showcase composers who embraced bold flourishes and sudden shifts of mood.
The concert takes its title from its longest work, Carlo Farina’s Capriccio Stravagante, in which the players imitate a clucking hen, a crowing rooster, fighting cats, a barking dog, and soldiers’ fifes and drums, along with an organist who loses his way in the middle of an improvisation.
We are grateful for the Colburn Foundation’s generous support of Baroque programming across all units of the School, including the Conservatory of Music.
The runtime for this event is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with an intermission.