Some of my recent programms:
“OLD LUTES ARE BETTER THAN NEW ONES”
Music around 1600 from prints of V. Galilei, J. B. Besard, G.G.Kapsberger, etc.
SIGRUN RICHTER – Lute by Joseph Hellmer, Füssen, 1601,
restored by Nico van der Waals 2019 / 2020
Fantasias and Dances from renaissance Italy
Lutemusic of Francesco da Milano, Joanambrosio Dalza, Francesco Spinacino, Alfonso Ferrabosco, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
7-course Lute after Wendelio Venere, Padova 1592, by Nico van der Waals, 2005
"A Dream"
– John Dowland's Dream
Lutemusic from England and Italy in the early 17th century
8-course Lute after Giovanni Hieber, Venezia 1580, by Nico van der Waals, 2007
„Sur les Accords Extraordinaires“
Music of Francois Dufaut, Pierre Gaultier, etc.
11-course Lute after Martin Hoffmann, Leipzig, 1697, from Nico van der Waals, 1992
Stylus Phantasticus
Italian Lutemusic from the 17th and 18th century
Works of Kapsberger, Piccinini, Melij, Zamboni
14-course Archlute, after Matteo Sellas, Venezia 1639, by von Nico van der Waals, 2012.
The program includes Italian music of the 17th and 18th century for lute solo, from Mannerist stylus phantasticus of Claudio Monteverdi's time to gallant late Baroque style of Vivaldi's time.
It is presented on a 14-course lute lute (Arciliuto), the Italian baroque lute, which in addition to the usual choirs seven additional bass strings in about twice the length.
“FOLLIA E FOLLIE”
Follia – A constant temptation: each new variation should be crazier then the prevoius one.
Music from the renaissance and baroque period for Mandoline, Lute, Chitarrone and Baroque Guitar
Works by Diego Ortiz, Michele Farinelli, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger,
Domenico Scarlatti, Arcangelo Corelli
Bassi Ostinati
17th Century Music for Lutes, Archlutes and Chitarrones by Frescobaldi, Kapsberger, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Marcello, and others
Lute Ensemble Testudines
Direction: Sigrun Richter