Les Kapsber'girls

Between piety and eroticism...
Through selected pieces, inspired by one of the most surprising books of the Old Testament, the Song of Songs, the Kapsber'girls invite you to enter the heart of a Garden of Delights where spirituality and sensuality come together to become one.
The intimate atmosphere of candlelight opens up a dreamlike and poetic world produced by the musical universe of the greatest Italian and French Baroque composers such as Hieronymus Kapsberger, André Campra, Claudio Monteverdi and Francesca Rusca.
These four-century-old arias and motets are echoed by Freddy Eichelberger's virtuoso organ improvisations, taking us into a timeless space.

Concert by candlelight, 1h15 without intermission with a guest artist: the organist Freddy Eichelberger (5 musicians).

Cast
Alice Duport-Percier, Soprano
Axelle Verner, Mezzo-soprano
Garance Boizot, Viola da gamba
Albane Imbs, Theorbo, direction
Freddy Eichelberger, Organ

André Campra (1660-1744)
Cari Zephiri volate, motet for 2 voices

Hieronymus Kapsberger (1580-1651)
Nigra sum sed formosa
Libro Primo di Mottetti passeggiati a una voce

Claudia Rusca (1593-1676)
Surge amica mea
Sacri Concerti

Claudio Monteverdi
Quam pulchra es
Sacrae cantiunculae tribes vocibus, liber primus

André Campra (1660-1744)
Tota pulchra es amica mea ​​​
Collection of motets
Surge propera

Giulio S. Pietro del Negro (~1570 – ~1620)
Veniat dilectus meus

Lorenzo Calvi
Symbolae diversorum musicorum

Francesca Rusca (1593-1676)
Ego Dormio
Sacri concerti a 2 voci

Hieronimus Kapsberger
Anima mea liquefacta est
Libro Primo di Motteti passeggiati a una voce

Alessandro Grandi (1586-1630)
Quae is ista
Il terzo libro de motetti a due, tre, et quattro voci, … per sonar nell’organo...

Tarquino Merula (1595-1665)
Fuge and come dilect mi
Opera 1