Jupiter Ensemble

Amazons, Queens, and Baroque Heroines: The Jupiter Ensemble’s program paints a musical portrait of the warrior woman through a rare operatic repertoire, ranging from Provenzale to Vivaldi, via Cavalli, Destouches, and Pallavicino.
Lutenist Thomas Dunford, whose solo recital thrilled Festival audiences in 2025, returns this time at the helm of his ensemble alongside mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre.
A theatrical and exuberant concert that combines instrumental virtuosity and dramatic intensity with the characteristic elegance of the Jupiter Ensemble.

“The Jupiter Ensemble […] is already a major force in the world of early and Baroque music, and will undoubtedly become even more so in the years to come.” – Bachtrack

Francesco Provenzale (1632-1704)
“Non posso far”, from the opera Lo schiavo di sua moglie
“Lasciatemi morir, stelle crudeli”, from the opera Lo schiavo di sua moglie

Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
Sinfonia (Act 1), from the opera Ercole amante

Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638-1692)
“Muove il pie fuorie d’averno”, from the opera Mitilene, regina delle Amazoni

Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672-1751)
Sinfonia pour la tempête (Act 1), from the opera Die getreue Alceste

Carlo Pallavicino (1640-1688)
“Vieni, corri”, from the opera L’Antiope
“Sdegni furori barbari”, from the opera L’Antiope

Anne Danican Philidor (1681-1728)
Marche – Thalestris – Marche, from the opera Les Amazones            

Marin Marais (1656-1728)
“L’Ameriquaine”, Suite d’un goût étranger

André Cardinal Destouches (baptised 6 April 1672- 1749)
“Ô mort! Ô triste mort”, from the opera Marthésie, première reine des Amazones

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Sinfonia: I. Allegro, from the opera Ercole su’l Termodonte, RV 710
Sinfonia: II. Andante, from the opera Ercole su’l Termodonte, RV 710
Sinfonia: III. Allegro, from the opera Ercole su’l Termodonte, RV 710
“Onde chiare che susurrate”, from the opera Ercole su’l Termodonte, RV 710
“Armatae face”, from the opera Juditha triumphans, RV 644

Georg Caspar Schürmann
“Non ha fortuna il pianto mio”, from the opera Die getreue Alceste

Giuseppe De Bottis (1678-1753)
“Lieti fiori”, from the opera Mitilene Regina delle Amazzoni

Jupiter Ensemble
Thomas Dunford, direction
Léa Desandre, soprano