Friendship connects! At the invitation of the Belgian embassy in Rome and in collaboration with the Roma Festival Barocco, Céline Scheen, Andreas Scholl and B’Rock Orchestra bring Belgian-Italian baroque to life – and in the unique setting of one of Rome’s oldest still authentic churches.
Belgian soprano Céline Scheen opens with the vibrant motet Beatus vir by Joseph-Hector Fiocco, who, as Kapellmeister in Brussels, found much of his inspiration in the Italian masters like Antonio Vivaldi. Andreas Scholl brings a compelling intensity to his rendition of Filiae maestae Jerusalem. A sparkling violin concerto by Antwerp’s Henri-Jacques De Croes rounds off the first half of the concert.
After the interval, Scheen and Scholl’s voices intertwine in Pergolesi’s Stabat mater, one of the most poignant and expressive works of the Baroque. A deeply human, intimate, and theatrical lament that invites you to be swept away in its emotional current.
This production is realized with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government through Flanders Tax Shelter.
