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Baroque ensemble on period instruments Francis Colpron, artistic director |
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Seasons > 2003-04 Season > Concerts > La Rome des princesFriday October 31, 2003, 8:00 pm Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours[a] 400, rue Saint-Paul Est — Vieux-Montréal, Québec [métro
Champ-de-Mars] Concertos and sonatas by Corelli, Scarlatti, Pasquini and Handel 
Rome underwent a profound transformation during the reign of Pope Sixtus V to become, by 1600, the paragon city for Baroque architecture. Unlike cities such as Naples and Venice, however, Rome did not have its own musical style. Many wealthy patrons of music lived in the Eternal City in the 18th century, including Christine of Sweden, the princes of the Ruspoli and Pamphili families, and Cardinal Ottoboni. The latter held a series of very popular musical soirées in his palace on Mondays. Here one could hear works by Arcangelo Corelli, the Cardinal’s protegé, and by other Italian masters of the day. |