1) Ricercar No. 4 from Intabolatura di liuto 1536 Francesco da Milano (1497-1543)
2) Il Romeo Barbara Strozzi (1619 - 1677)
3) Care Plage Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
4) Vestiva I colli (from Vincenzio Galilei, Il Fronimo, 1568) Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
5) Ostinato vo’ seguire Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c.1470 – 1535)
6) O Maria tu dulcis Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-1678)
7) O Felice Occhi miei (from Diego Ortiz, Trattado de glosas, 1553) Jacques Arcadelt (1507-1568)
8) Tutto’l di piango Giulio Caccini (1551-1618)
9) Sonet vox tua Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662)
10) Toccata arpeggiata Giovanni Kapsberger (1580-1651)
11) Lasciatemi morire (Lamento d’Arianna) Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643)
12) Canzona sesta detta l’altera Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
13) Aria: Dalle gelose mie from La Calisto (1652) Francesco Cavalli (1602 – 1676)
14) Ave stella matutina Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662)
15) Bianco Fiore Cesare Negri (1535-1605)
16) Dalle più alte sfere Antonio Archilei (1543-1612)
17) Non plangete (1684) Rosa Giacinta Badalla (1660-1710)
18) Catena d’Amor from Le Grazie d’amore, 1602 Cesare Negri (1535-1605)
19) Laudate Dominum (Ps. 150) Claudio Monteverdi
20) Evening Hymn Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
About Perpetual Motion
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Author Dava Sobel eloquently narrates the story of coinciding revolutions in science and music in the 17th century, as breathtaking images of Earth and the heavens compliment the virtuoso singing and playing of soprano Sarah Pillow, her Baroque ensemble Galileo’s Daughters, and lutenist Ronn McFarlane. Together they present a visceral link to the past and bring to light the exquisite beauty of our world- all in an exciting multimedia event.
Hailed as “a master storyteller” by The New York Times, Ms. Sobel’s latest book, The Planets, has received such reviews as "There are not nine reasons for liking this book – there are as many as there are stars." (San Diego Union-Tribune). Ms. Sobel is also the bestselling author of Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter.
Called “A musical tour-de-force” by the Charleston Post and Courier, Galileo’s Daughters was founded by soprano Sarah Pillow in 2001. Originally a jazz singer, Pillow took an immediate liking to the vocal shadings and elaborate ornamentation found in 17th-century Italian repertoire. The individual experience of the group’s members in opera, drama, jazz and musical scholarship combine to make life in another time vivid through word and song. Ronn McFarlane is largely responsible for bringing the transcendent charm and timeless quality of the lute into the musical mainstream.