GRAN FINALE: Hypocondrie & Follie

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BAROQUESTOCK FESTIVAL 2026 

Sun 17th 6pm || GRAN FINALE: Hypocondrie & Follie

J.D.Zelenka - Hypocondrie a 7 concertanti ZWV187

M.Locke - Suite in D Major from Consort of 4 Parts

G.F.Handel/G.Ph.Telemann - Brockes Passion HWV48

aria n.9 Sunder, Schaut Furcht und Zagen 

aria n.10 Brich Mein Herz

F.Geminiani/A.Corelli - Concerto Grosso in D Minor ‘La follia’

interval

J.S.Bach - ‘Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust’ BWV170

cantata for alto, oboe, d’amore, solo organ and continuo

A.Vivaldi - Chamber concerto in G minor RV 107

for flute, oboe, violin, bassoon and continuo

J.P.Rameau - Les Boreades: Entrée de Polyhymnia et des muses

B.Strozzi - ‘Amor dormiglione’

J.Arena - ‘Un Saraho de la Chacona’

MARIANA RODRIGUES - soprano

TIM MORGAN - countertenor

ISTANTE COLLECTIVE

violins || Beatrice Scaldini, Rebecca Harris, Abel Balazs, Noemi Burrell

viola || Hannah Gardiner  , gamba & cello || Kate Conway

double-bass || John-Henry Baker ,  traverso || Eva Caballero

oboes & recorders || Nicola Barbagli & Grace Scott Deuchar

basson || William Gough, harpsichord/ organ || Dominika Maszczynska & Callum Anderson

theorbo & guitar || Johan Lofving

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A planet is an idea, a thought, a wish or a worry. A universe is a multitude of planets…

The idea behind this year's festival was to show, through music, how very distant planets and universes are, in fact, connected. Sometimes those connections are only in our imaginations, and they are very very personal. Other times they’re right there in front of our eyes, but history has moved on and so we need help to rediscover the right language and the right words to interpret a message from a faraway universe.

In our final concert we want to present planets that are incredibly far from each other:

A Bach cantata and a love song by Barbara Strozzi, an English consort suite opposite to the hypochondriac vision of a double bass player (Jan Dimasz Zelenka!).  Follia, craziness, madness, have been feelings that composers have taken to either hide themself or to tell us something through their secret language.

A good example is Zelenka’s Hypocondrie a 7 Concertanti where his schizophrenia and life-frustrations are mirrored by the non-sense theme of the violins. On the other side of the road, Heandel's simple and gentle violin's repeated quavers support the soprano line and leave the space for everyone in the band to express their own sorrow.

Variation and Improvisation was another method of dealing with mad feelings: Geminiani rearranged the famous ‘follia’ sonata by Arcangelo Corelli for a larger ensemble. We will take this a step forward adding winds on top of the string band!
Matthew Locke, Barbara Strozzi, Rameau, Arena… all composers that didn't hide their feelings but need a ‘translation’ into our modern limited language to shine again, resplendent, like stars in the sky.

We believe that our clumsy journey through distant far communities and nearby towns have made connections and discoveries ~ for us as well as for all of you who support our concerts.

And yes, don't worry! Like every year, we will all be together at the end, to sing the final chaconne.

Baroquestock Pantry will be serving homemade focaccia and biscuits & drinks before and after the concert!