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REPRISE: Latitude 37 'Folias' Live

REPRISE: Latitude 37 'Folias' Live

Relive works by Scarlatti, Ortiz & more Spanish virtuosos performed live by Latitude 37 in the Salon.

The combination of Baroque violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord opens up a wealth of repertoire that is rarely explored by other Australian ensembles. Three top graduates of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, the members of Latitude 37 share a unified interest in cultivating and communicating their art with their performance spontaneity inspired by the art of improvisation, communication and the humanity of a genre of music intended to charm and enchant.

The ‘Folia’ ground bass is one that inspired composers all over Europe during the Baroque period. Colourful, a little exotic and just a bit spicy; it’s a harmonic progression found in works from Ortiz to Corelli and beyond. Latitude 37 explores the richness and variety that can be found in music based on just a few simple chords, and with a Spanish twist.

Click the 'PLAY VIDEO' button above and transport yourself to 17th & 18th century Spain.

And view the program below:

ALESSANDRO PICCININI (1566- c.1638) – arr. Latitude 37
Folias
0:27

MARIN MARAIS (1656-1728)
Folies d’Espagna
05:48

ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (1660-1725)
Partite sopra l’aria della Folia
0:20:20

JEAN-PIERRE GUIGNON (1702-1774)
Nouvelles variations de divers airs et les Folies d’Espagne, Op.9
0:32:04

DIEGO ORTIZ (1510-1570)
Recercada Quarta sobre La Folia 4′
0:38:41

JORDEN HEYS
Ego Folium (world premiere)*
0:44:12

JOHN PLAYFORD (1623-1686)
Faronell’s Division on a Ground from The Division Violin
0:54:36

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