The late afternoon concert on Sunday, 11/26, was one of the best ever held at the Gulbenkian Foundation. A wave of emotion and spirituality was effectively generated, with the audience applauding frantically, surrounded by the joy of perfect art achieved musically! The Polish Countertenor JAKUB JOZEF ORLINSKI and the Barroque Orchestra II Pomo d'oro.
The excellent voice contributed, which goes beyond being often undervalued within the lyrical world, except in Barog and 17th-century music. The program From Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) L'Incoranaione di Poppea, passing through Caccini's famous 'Amarilli, mia bella', whose expressiveness by Jakub surpasses everything I had already studied and listened to! Other composers sung and played by the orchestra were Cavalli and lesser-known composers such as Biagio Marini, Johann Caspa von KerllI, Barbara Strozzi, Carlo Pallavicino Demetrio: "Sinfoni Giovanni Cesare Netti, António Sartorio, Giovanni Cesare Netti, Adam Jarzebski, and Sebastiano Moratelli.
Finally, a panoply of baroque works, with instruments of the time mainly violins, viola, viola da Gamba and lirone, cello and double bass, Torba, Archialude and guitar, harpsichord and organ, harp and corneto, and flute.A series of emotions permeated the audience, especially with the empathy of Jakub, who performed, danced, and even performed stunts, remaining on stage, even performing pieces for orchestra only, and, in one of the arias, singing in the audience with bare feet!
The barroque tuning fork is not 440 Hz but usually 432 Hz, which gives singers greater comfort and an unusual tuning. As countertenor Jakub Józef Orlinski is one of the most acclaimed artists of his generation, elevating this type of voice to the level of great performers, he exceeded all our expectations. Well done to Gulbenkian for treating us to a magical night of superlative music.