Festival of Mediaeval and Renaissance Music Flores Musicae 2023

Soloindue – singing gambist

GIOVANNA BAVIERA (Italy), Renaissance viola da gamba and voice

The exceptionally talented young Italian gambist and soprano singer Giovanna Baviera is one of few musicians to reconstruct the historical practice of cantar alla viola – self-accompaniment with viola da gamba. In this programme, she presents this tradition in a very personal way; in addition to the historical repertoire with music for voice and lyra-vielle, the polyphonic chansons of Sandrina and Arcadelta and the Italian monodies Caccini, she’ll also perform compositions written specifically for her by composers Simon MacHale and Eve Reiter.