Tempo Rubato: Jacob Lawrence & Ensemble 642 – Between Earth and Sky
Ensemble 642: Hannah Lane, Italian Baroque triple harp & Nicholas Pollock, theorbo
Between Earth and Sky: the shared sensual language of secular and sacred music in early Baroque Italy.
In this program, Jacob Lawrence and Ensemble 642 craft an aural landscape of early Baroque Italy in which the boundaries between sacred and secular are deliberately blurred. Secular music harnesses strict formal structures to stage moments of intense emotional release, while sacred works embrace a rich sensuality of sound and text, moving the listener with an immediacy equal to, and sometimes surpassing, that of the secular.
“Rarely performed early Italian Baroque works beautifully interpreted by early-music specialists of rare talent. ★★★★½” — Limelight
PROGRAM
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
‘Voi partite mio sole’ from Arie Musicali (Florence, 1630)
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Giulio Caccini (1551-1618)
‘Torna, deh torna’ from Nuove musiche e nuova maniera di scriverle (Florence, 1614)
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580—1651)
Tenore del Kapsberger from Libro primo d’intavolatura di chitarrone (Rome, 1604)
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Aria di Ruggiero – ‘Ti lascio anima mia’ from Arie Musicali
Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580–1649)
Capriccio detto hermafrodito from Capricci a due stromenti (Modena, 1622)
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Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
‘O quam pulchra es’ from Ghirlanda Sacra
G. B. Bovicelli (c.1550-c.1594) after Cipriano de Rore (c.1515-1565)
‘Angelus ad Pastores ait’ from Regole, passaggi di musica (Venice, 1594)
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580—1651)
Passeggiato a 4 – ‘Ancidetemi pur’ from Libro terzo d’intavolatura di chitarrone (Rome, 1626)
Anonymous
Nelle feste della Madonna (Ave Maris Stella) from Manuscript Chigi (Rome, ca.1600)
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c.1686)
‘O Maria, tu dulcis’ from Concerti Sacri (Venice, 1642)
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Toccata per l’Elevatione from Manuscript Chigi (Rome, ca. 1630)
Sonetto Spirituale – ‘Dove, dove signor’ from Arie Musicali
Francesco Usper (1561-1641)
‘Vulnerasti cor meum’ from Ghirlanda Sacra (Venice, 1625)
Thursday 14 May 2026 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM (UTC+10)
Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.
Tempo Rubato, 34 Breese St, Brunswick VIC 3056