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In the solemn atmosphere of Tallinn St. Nicholas chruch, the Estonian baroque ensemble Floridante will perform a unique program of French composers and J. S. Bach.<\/p>\n
This is a mixture of masterpieces of an origin of generations long before our time, once again made audible on historical instruments such as gut-stringed violin, viola da gamba or theorbo, wooden transverse flute, Estonian kannel, and the harpsichord. Among others, rarely performed pieces by J. Ch de Chambonnieres, one of the pioneers of the 17th century French harpsichord school, will sound under the vaults of the St. Antonius\u2019 chapel.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Ensemble Floridante:<\/strong><\/p>\n Mari-Liis Viherm\u00e4e – traverso Free entrance! The concert is at 7pm Baroque ensemble Floridante<\/strong> was founded in Tallinn in early 2014 and has quickly gained a prominent position in the Estonian early \/ classical music scene. \u201eSunshine in the Estonian baroque sky\u201c and \u201eMasters of the early music\u201c has declared Estonian major cultural magazine \u201eSirp\u201c in the first concert reviews regarding Floridante.<\/p>\n Initiated by baroque violinist Meelis Orgse and harpsichordist Saale Fischer, Floridante is a flexible compilation of instrumentalists, including Kristo K\u00e4o (theorbo\/baroque guitar), T\u00f5nu J\u00f5esaar (baroque cello\/viola da gamba), Mari-Liis Viherm\u00e4e (traverso), and Ele Raik (baroque oboe) as its core members. For several projects, Floridante has engaged vocalists such as Ivo Posti (counter tenor), Maria Valdmaa (soprano), Marta Paklar (soprano), Kai Kallastu (soprano).<\/p>\n Floridante’s musicians have graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and furthered their studies in historical performance practice at the Sibelius Academy of Helsinki (FI), music universities of Trossingen and Bremen (DE), Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rior de Paris (FR), and in numerous master classes.<\/p>\n Floridante has been performing at numerous major Estonian festivals and concert series. Additionally, Floridante was honoured to be selected to MA Festival Brugge (2016) and Utrecht Early Music Festival (2015, 2016) Fringe concerts.<\/p>\n Though named after G. F. H\u00e4ndels opera, Floridante’s repertoire reaches beyond German high baroque, from \u2019nuove musiche\u2019 to early romanticisim, often including Italian seicento with its fabulous music by C. Monteverdi, F. Caccini, B. Strozzi, B. Ferrari, D. Castello, B. Castaldi, G. B. Cima, G. Frescobaldi etc.<\/p>\n
\n Meelis Orgse \u2013 baroque violin
\n Anna-Liisa Eller \u2013 Estonian kannel
\n Kristo K\u00e4o \u2013 theorbo
\n T\u00f5nu J\u00f5esaar \u2013 viola da gamba
\n Saale Fischer \u2013 harpsichord<\/p>\n
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