Ensemble La Chimera and Nell Snaidas: Mare Nostrum

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One of Europe's leading early music ensembles, Ensemble La Chimera, led by Argentine lutenist Eduardo Egüez and joined by soprano and GEMAS co-curator Nell Snaidas, makes its Music of the Americas debut with Mare Nostrum, a program with baroque music from around the Mediterranean Sea.

The Mediterranean, which witnessed many voyages between Spain and Italy during the 17th century, inspires the repertoire choice, featuring love songs of these two nations, full of affection, passions, and contrasts by Monteverdi, Ferrari, Mazzocchi, Marin, Duron, and others.  

Program

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643): Quel sguardo sdegnosetto 
• Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665): Ciaccona        
• Domenico Mazzocchi (1592-1665): Sdegno campion audace  
• Gio. Battista Fontana (1598-1630): Sonata II 
• Monteverdi: Et è pur dunque vero 
• Anon: La Monica 
• Anon: Favorita 
• Anon: Ballo di Mantova
• Diego Ortiz (1510-1570): La Spagna 
• Ortiz: Recercada VII 
• Juan de Hidalgo (1614-1685): Trompicávalas 
• José Marín (ca.1619-1699): Ojos, pues, me desdeñáis
• Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739) – Eduardo Egüez: Jácara
• de Murcia: Marizápalos 
• Anon: Qué alegre se viste el aire 
• Anon: No hay que decirle el primor

Musicians

Nell Snaidas: voice
Margherita Pupulin-Egüez: violin 
Sabina Colonna Preti: viola da gamba, lirone 
Carolina Egüez: quinto, viola da gamba, “white hands”
Carlotta Pupulin-Egüez: harp 
Eduardo Egüez: baroque guitar, theorbo, direction

Ensemble La Chimera, founded in 2001 by Sabina Colonna-Preti as a viola da gamba consort, took a wider form after lutenist Eduardo Egüez joined, preserving its original character and became a versatile ensemble composed of internationally renowned artists. The group’s activity focuses on the creation of original projects where the different art forms and cultures brought by the members of the group converge, including projects entirely dedicated to early music (La voce di Orfeo with Furio Zanasi, Las Cartas del Conde de Villamediana with Céline Scheen, La Púrpura de la Rosa, Dowland’s Lachrimae, and others) that fusion early music with Latin American popular and folk music.

American-Uruguayan soprano Nell Snaidas, praised by the New York Times for her “beautiful soprano voice, melting passion,” and “vocally ravishing” performances, began her career singing leading roles in zarzuelas at New York City’s Repertorio Español. She is a specialist in Latin American and Spanish Baroque music and has sung across Europe and the Americas as a soloist and Iberian/New World language and repertoire consultant. These groups include Apollo’s Fire, The Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Ex Umbris, Ensemble Viscera, El Mundo, and Chatham Baroque. She has recorded for Sony Classical, Koch, Naxos and Dorian. In addition to her busy performing career, Nell is the co-artistic director of GEMAS: Early Music of the Americas.