Torment & Jealousy is the title of a program rich in contrasts and passion, expressed through 18th-century music. This program will be presented in significant international contexts in 2025, specifically at the prestigious Early Music Festival in Innsbruck, and in Prague during the Collegium 1704 Season.
Conceived as a solo recital in which the brilliant talent of Margherita Maria Sala can shine and move the listeners, this program presents pieces by composers such as Baldassarre Galuppi, Benedetto Marcello, Georg Leonardo Leo, Giovanni Antonio Ristori and, of course, Antonio Vivaldi.
All these illustrious musicians composed intense and expressive music, with the aim of expressing the passions of the human soul through their very particular musical language, a characteristic that has made this program a kaleidoscope of feelings with many different colors and shapes. The program is enriched by refined instrumental music that, inserted between the cantatas, can serve as an introduction or commentary.

Playbill

Margherita Maria Sala contralto
Ensemble Locatelli
Thomas Chigioni violoncello piccolo and conductor

Program

Baldassarre Galuppi (1706-1785)
Concerto à quattro in D major No. 3

Baldassarre Galuppi (1706-1785)
“La Gelosia” cantata for solo voice with instruments

Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Sinfonia from the cantata “Arianna Abbandonata” S.98

Giovanni Antonio Ristori (1692-1753)
“A quest’ombre” Cantata with Instruments for Contralto

Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
Concerto for cello and orchestra in D minor L60

Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
Aria “Frena l’ardir se m’ami”

Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
Aria “Né pace, né calma”

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
“Cessate, omai cessate” cantata for solo alto with instruments RV 684