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A Professional Baroque Chamber Orchestra

on period instruments

for Instrumental Concerts, Cantatas, Oratorios, Passions, Opera and Recordings

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Direction

Matthew Peaceman

Description of Ensemble 'IL CIMENTO'

The name "IL CIMENTO" is derived from the title of Antonio Vivaldi's Op. VIII, "Il Cimento dell' Armonia e dell' Inventione". (The Hazards of Harmony and Invention)

Ensemble "IL CIMENTO" performs music primarily of the baroque and early classic eras. Its members, who have worked with some of the world's most prestigious Early Music ensembles, have come together to explore the manifestations of the diverse streams of influence in European music of the 17th and 18th centuries.

The musical goals "IL CIMENTO" has set are derived from the emphasis placed on historical style and performance practice. As is to be expected, the primary consideration is of questions about national styles, affect, articulation and ornamentation as well as historical tunings, techniques and tempi. Beyond that though, the various aspects of the cultural, sociological and political context in which the music was created are explored in order to deepen understanding of the whole. This enables "IL CIMENTO" to create stylistically appropriate performances that are both musically relevant and emotionally satisfying: a historically informed, modern authenticity.

Ensemble "IL CIMENTO" was founded in 1990 by baroque oboist Matthew Peaceman.

Ensemble "IL CIMENTO" performs concerti, sonatas, and suites, as well as secular and sacred vocal works. When necessary, the ensemble expands to include an appropriate number of voices, strings and winds.

Members of Ensemble "IL CIMENTO"

Matthew Peaceman, Wolfgang Portugall, Mihoko Kimura, Daniel Spektor, Åsa Jakobsson, Konstanza Winkelmann, Gabriele Nagy, Esther Labusch, Gregor Anthony, Christine Kyprianides, Judith Becker, Belinda Paul, Jürgen Krebs, Rainer Johannsen, Iris Finkbeiner,

• Special Program: Hoscha'na Rabbah 1732Hoscha'na Rabbah 1733(Neu!)
• Special Program: Italian Chamber Cantatas
• Special Program: Telemann Kantaten für Altus, obligato Oboe  und Bc(hear above)
• Standard Ensemble:Oboe, Strings, Basso continuo
• Trio Ensemble: Oboe, Violine, Basso continuo
• Trio Ensemble: Oboe, Traverso, Basso continuo Solo
• Ensemble: Oboe, Basso continuo

Italian Cantatas for Soprano, Oboe solo and Basso continuo of the High Baroque. This programme consists of italian chamber cantatas for soprano, obligato oboe and basso continuo. The cantatas have been gathered, in manuscript form, from various public and private collections in Europe. For the most part they have not yet appeared in modern editions or been recorded. The pieces are by Mancini, Lignani, A.Scarlatti, Aldrovandini, Lotti, Zuchari, Bononcini and Handel. Though generally little known, these works are representative of a genre written for a select audience of connoisseurs and irrespective of their popular success. This is musicians music in which the composer was free to experiment and realise his full creative potential. The style is both intelligent, lyrical and dramatic.