La Vertuosa Compagnia de’ Musici di Roma and the dancers of Il Teatro della Memoria play in the XVI Century church of San Nicola at Tivoli
The third appointment of the “Musica differenziata” concert season in Tivoli (the town famous for Villa d’Este, near Rome), organized by the Early Music and Schola Palatina associations with the support of the Provincia di Roma, was performed by La Vertuosa Compagnia de’ Musici di Roma (Giorgio Matteoli, recorder; David Simonacci, baroque violin; Maurizio Lopa, viola da gamba; Stefano Maiorana, theorbo and baroque guitar; Andrea Piccioni, percussion; Emanuela Pietrocini, harpsichord) in a monographic program that presented variations on themes and on ostinato grounds from the period between Cinquecento and Seicento. The program also featured guest artists Claudia Celi and Paolo Di Segni, of the early dance company Il Teatro della Memoria.
As soon as the performance started, in the light of hundreds of candles that illuminated the charming Chiesa di San Nicola (a XVI Century building first converted to a paper mill and recently to a performing space), two costumed figures took their place at the head of the nave, as if evoked by the music, and became the protagonists when they began to dance the arresting Folìas para mi Señora by Andrea Falconieri.
