Stylus Phantasticus

Stylus Phantasticus: a free-form Baroque style, unbound by rules. Music moves with freedom and intensity, leaping between ideas and bursting with the energy of improvisation.

From Venice to Vienna, London to North Germany, this concert traces the fantastical style throughout the 17th century, featuring composers such as Castello, Bertali, Schmelzer, Biber, Locke, Purcell, Froberger and Weckmann. Here, the Baroque is at its boldest and most vibrant: music that dares to push boundaries, sometimes even crossing them, yet still has the power to astonish, move, and enchant.

Hear Concerto Copenhagen, one of the world’s leading Baroque ensembles, in this enchanting concert.

Programme:
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Sonata VIII from Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum
Dario Castello Sonata XV à 4 (Book II)
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Lamento di Ferdinando III
Matthias Weckmann Toccata Ottava for harpsichord
Henry Purcell Fantasia VIII (Z.739) & XI (Z.742) for strings
Antonio Bertali Ciacona for violin and continuo
Matthew Locke Curtain Tune from 'The Tempest'
Johann Jakob Froberger Suite in D Major, FbWV 620
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Polnische Sackpfeifen
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Pars VI from 'Mensa Sonora'

Concerto Copenhagen:
Fredrik From, Hannah Tibell violin
Antina Hugosson viola
Judith-Maria Blomsterberg cello
Lars Ulrik Mortensen harpsichord, leader