Anachronia
New concerti for old instruments
The lute, recorder and viol had their heyday in the 16th and 17th centuries, but as the new melodic instruments, and especially the violin, gained popularity with genres like the sonata and solo concerti, their popularity waned. This programme illustrates that they did not give up without a fight! Wild gamba solos, proto-classical theorbo lines, galant da capo recorder obbligato arias, and lute concerti may come together with striking effect. Georg Philipp Telemann’s Concerto in A minor for recorder, viola da gamba and orchestra is the most famous work on this concert programme. It is the only concerto we know of for its instrumentation and is a favourite on concert stages worldwide with its unique blend of foot-stomping folk dances, instrumental fireworks and courtly off-handedness.
With soprano Johanna Falkinger and a superb line-up of soloists, Barokkanerne (Norwegian Baroque Ensemble) brings together an exceptional team for this performance. Andre Lislevand is one of the leading viola da gamba players internationally in a new generation of musicians who were immersed in early music from the outset, rather than coming from modern instruments - although he did and still does moonlight as a brilliant electric guitarist. Norwegian recorder player, organist and harpsichordist Ingeborg Christophersen has brought the recorder into the mainstream in her own country with performances with all the major orchestras and numerous concerts over the past 20 years. Jadran Duncumb is one of the most sought-after lutenists today, with multiple awards for his solo recordings of J. S. Bach and Sylvius Weiss, as well as for his role as an accompanist on the theorbo, lute and guitar.
Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite in D major for viola da gamba and Orchestra, TWV 55:D6
Francesco Conti: Il sol nascente
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in A minor for recorder, viola da gamba and orchestra, TWV 52:a1
Antonio Lotti: Lascia che nel suo viso for soprano and basso continuo
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto in D minor for lute and orchestra, FaWV L:d1
Johann Adolf Hasse: L'Augeletto in lacci for soprano, recorder and orchestra
Johanna Falkinger, soprano
Jadran Duncumb, lute and artistic direction
Andre Lislevand, viola da gamba
Ingeborg Christophersen, recorder
Barokkanerne - Norwegian Baroque Ensemble
Soloists
The Austrian soprano Johanna Falkinger won Aria Borealis Bodø in 2022 and was admitted to the Salzburg Festival's prestigious Young Singers Project the following year. With her clear and agile voice, she has already performed with several of Europe's leading early music ensembles and collaborated with prominent figures such as Jordi Savall and Concentus Musicus. She combines historical practice with creative abundance, notably in her project Soprano at Work. In Anachronia, she performs Hasse’s L’Augeletto in lacci with Christophersen and Lotti’s poignant Lascia che nel suo viso.
Norwegian-Italian gambist André Lislevand brings his instrument into the present day with energetic tonal imagination and historical flair. As a winner of awards including the Diapason Découverte, he is known for exploring the outer limits of the instrument with both playfulness and expressivity. Following studies with some of the world’s foremost gambists, he tours regularly throughout Europe. In Anachronia, we meet him in Telemann’s Suite in D major for viola da gamba and orchestra, as well as in the concerto for recorder and gamba alongside Ingeborg Christophersen.
Ingeborg Christophersen is one of Norway’s most prominent musicians, known for her precise and expressive playing. She has received numerous awards, including "Musician of the Year" from the Association of Norwegian Musicians, and is a former recipient of the Government Grant for Artists. Christophersen has performed as a soloist with leading Baroque ensembles and participated in stage productions at the National Theatre. In Anachronia, she performs Telemann’s Concerto in A minor for recorder and gamba and appears alongside soprano Johanna Falkinger in Hasse’s L’Augeletto in lacci.
Jadran Duncumb is an English-Croatian-Norwegian lutenist raised in Ski. His musical career started as a guitarist in 2008. As a student at Barratt Due music institute with Vegard Lund as teacher, he was a finalist in both NRK Virtuos and BBC Young Musician of the Year, which led to his debut concert in Wigmore Hall. In 2016, after almost four years of countless lessons on lute, theorbe and baroque guitar with Rolf Lislevand as teacher, he took a diploma cum laude in lute and basso continuo at the state music school in Trossingen, Germany. In the same year he won first prize in the world's only international lute competition, "Maurizio Pratola" in L'Aquila, Italy, which led to his first international invitations as a lute soloist. In addition to being Barokkaneren's permanent lutenist, he mainly performs solo and chamber music on lute and historical guitars. His characteristic basso continuo playing has been praised by, among others, Diapason for the fullness, sensitivity and virtuosity it shows. As a chamber musician, he has visited Europe's most important halls with musicians such as Giuliano Carmignola, Lina Tur Bonet, Johannes Pramsohler, Kinga Ujszászi and Giovanni Sollima. His first solo CD was released in 2018 on French Audax Records with music from the High Baroque by Sylvius Weiss and Johann Hasse, while the first volume of Bach's lute music was released in February 2021 on the same label and received the French award "Diapason d'or". From 2023, Jadran is employed as artistic director of Barokkanerne.