Ensemble Augelletti: The Morning Star

Performing under Luke Jerram's Mars, the renowned early music group Ensemble Augelletti celebrate some extraordinary stories of 17th and 18th century astronomers with a concert of music inspired by stars, angels and planets. The programme includes works by Corelli, Schmelzer, Uccellini and settings of How Beautifully Shines The Morning Star.

Founded in 2019, Ensemble Augelletti are the current New Generation Baroque Ensemble in partnership with BBC Radio 3, the National Centre for Early Music and the Royal College of Music.

Programme

Marco Uccellini (1603-1680)
La Scatola degli aghi from Sonate, correnti et arie, Op.4

Giuseppe Scarani (fl.1628-1642)
Sonata Prima a due canti

Jacob van Eyck (c.1590-1657)  
Puer nobis nascitur  from Der Fluyten Lust-hof  1646

Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Sonata sopra La Monica à 3, op.8 No. 45 

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) 
Trio sonata in D minor op.3 no.5

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755)
Sonata in D major Op.50, no 6

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Trio sonata in F major, Op. 2 No. 4 HWV 389

INTERVAL

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sonata no.1 in A major TWV43:A1 

Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) 
‘Lady Ann Bothwell’s Lament’ and ‘Sleepy Body' from A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick

Giovanni Kapsberger (1580-1651)
Toccata Seconda & Canario from Libro Quarto d'Intavolatura di Chitarone

Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Sonata variata Op.8 No.58

Salamone Rossi (ca. 1570 – 1630)
Sinfonia undecima, From Il primo libro delle sinfonie et gagliarde 

Marco Uccellini (c.1610 - 1680)
Aria Sopra la Bergamasca From: Sonate, arie et correnti, Op.3