Lamento / Follia - Baroque contrasts

The programme Lamento/Follia deals with emotional contrasts in the music of the 17th and 18th centuries and how these are musically processed, realised and combined with ingenuity and imagination by composers such as Corelli, Tartini, Biber and Leclair. With the musical depiction of despair, sadness, despondency, anger, exuberance and madness - from lamento to follia - this programme unites the diverse programmatic means of expression and style, virtuosity and the sometimes extreme emotionality of the Baroque. The programme includes famous violin sonatas from the 17th and 18th centuries such as Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata and Corelli's La Follia, Leclair's Le Tombeau and Biber's Christ on the Mount of Olives from the Rosary Sonatas as well as works by Pandolfi and Veracini, among others, who incorporated programmatic stylistic devices such as the lamento bass and great dynamic contrasts and virtuosity into their music.

The Trio La Follia is made up of three internationally sought-after musicians who perform in leading positions and as soloists with renowned chamber orchestras and original sound ensembles worldwide. In addition to performing standard repertoire on modern instruments, they are intensively dedicated to historical performance practice from the 17th to the early 20th century. They regularly play in various chamber music formations and perform early to late baroque repertoire on baroque instruments as a trio.