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Ensembles
Barokkvartetten is an early music quartet consisting of Ingeborg Christophersen (recorder), Karolina Radziej (baroque violin), Gunnar Hauge (baroque cello) and Christian Kjos (harpsichord). These four musicians are amongst the most important early musicians in Norway. Karolina Radziej, Gunnar Hauge and Christian Kjos are members of the main baroque orchestras in Norway, such as Barokkanerne and The Norwegian Baroque Orchestra. The quartet plays a reportoire from late renaissance/early baroque to high baroque/rococco with diminutions, solo sonatas and triosonatas. They play music by composers such as G. A. Pandolfi Mealli, F. M. Veracini, A. Vivaldi, G. Ph. Telemann and J. S. Bach.
La Leggerezza is an early music duo consisting of the Italian harpsichordist Alberto Busettini and gamba player Leonardo Bortolotto and the Norwegian recorder player Ingeborg Christophersen. La Leggerezza is exploring the Italian renaissance and baroque music with an enthusiasm for the temperament, heartiness and the improvisatorical elements of the period. The duo draws lines from improvisatorical elements in the high baroque backwards to the pure improvisation forms of the renaissance. Throughly studies of the original Italian improvisation treatises and later compositions and variation pieces, combined with spontain creativity and joy of music makes a catchy and enlightening concert experience. La Leggerezza has many interesting projects in 2009 and 2010, including tours in Norway and Italy, performances with Steffani Ensemble and a CD recording of the recorder works of P. B. Bellinzani.
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