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Carnegie Hall Presents

L’Arpeggiata

Wonder Women
Thursday, November 20, 2025 7:30 PM Zankel Hall
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Christina Pluhar by Michal Nowak
L’Arpeggiata is a “hip, international early-music ensemble” (Opera News) led by lutenist and “Renaissance wonder woman” Christina Pluhar (Gramophone). Enlivened by the ensemble’s trademark improvisatory style, this performance celebrates Italian women composers of the 17th century, including groundbreaking figures like Barbara Strozzi and Francesca Caccini. Wonder Women pays homage to colorful characters (heroines, saints, witches, supernatural figures, and mere mortals) found in traditional Italian and Latin American songs. This concert performance features the same extraordinary singers from the ensemble’s recording, for whom each song was personally selected.

Part of: Baroque Unlimited

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Performers

L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, Artistic Director and Theorbo
Céline Scheen, Soprano
Luciana Mancini, Mezzo-Soprano
Benedetta Mazzucato, Mezzo-Soprano
Vincenzo Capezzuto, Alto

Program

CAZZATI Trio Sonata, Op. 18, No. 12 "La Strozzi"

STROZZI "Che si può fare," Op. 8, No. 6

LEONARDA Selections from "Nive puer," Op.7, No. 1 (arr. Christina Pluhar)

ASSANDRA "Duo seraphim," Op. 2, No. 17

CAZZATI Ciaccona from Trattenimento per camera d’arie, correnti, e balletti, Op. 22, No. 14

MURCIA Los imposibles por la D (arr. Christina Pluhar)

TRAD. "La lloroncita" (arr. Christina Pluhar)

TRAD. "Lo guarracino"

STROZZI "L'amante consolato," Op. 2, No. 6

BEMBO "Habbi pietà di me"

TRAD. La canzone di Cecilia (arr. Christina Pluhar)

CAMPANA "È già rotto lo strale"

CAZZATI Capriccio sopra sette note

F. CACCINI "Lasciatemi qui solo"

L'ARPEGGIATA Improvisation on "La Dia Spagnola" (after Matteis)

F. CACCINI "Così perfida Alcina"

STROZZI "L'amante segreto," Op. 2, No. 16

TRAD. "La Llorona" (arr. Christina Pluhar)

TRAD. "La Bruja" (arr. Christina Pluhar)

ANON. "No hay que decirle el primor"

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