Rising Stars | Elionor Martínez

From Barcelona to Basel, 30-year-old Elionor Martínez has been captivating audiences across Europe with her multi-award-winning voice. Selected to be part of ECHO’s (European Concert Hall Organisation) Rising Stars scheme this season, the young soprano now stops at the Philharmonie with an all-baroque programme showcasing the glorious diversity of the era and featuring gems by English, German, and Italian composers. Among other highlights, you can look forward to discovering works by the 17th-century virtuosa, Barbara Strozzi.
«Rising Stars» – ECHO European Concert Hall Organisation
Nominated by Palau de la Música Catalana with Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and L’Auditori Barcelona

The music: Claudio Monteverdi: «Si dolce è ’l tormento» (Quarto scherzo delle ariose vaghezze) · «Quel sguardo sdegnosetto» (Scherzi musicali cioè arie et madrigali) · «Lamento d’Arianna»; Barbara Strozzi: Amor dormiglione · «L’amante bugiardo» · «Begl’occhi, bel seno»; Henry Purcell: «Now that the Sun hath veiled his light» (An Evening Hymn on a ground) · «Dear pretty youth»; Alfonso Ferrabosco II: «Hear me, oh God»; John Dowland: «Now, O now I needs must part» (First Booke of Songes or Ayres); Richard Nicholson: «Joan, quoth John»; Francesca Caccini: «Se muove a giurar fede» · «Ch’amor sio nudo» · «S’io men vò morirò» · «La pastorella mia»; Anna Campmany: Paisatges Mallorquins (création, commande ECHO); Juan Hidalgo: «Ay que me río de amor» · «Solo es querer»; Georg Friedrich Händel: «Tu, del ciel ministro eletto» (Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno)
The artists: Elionor Martínez (soprano); Josep Maria Martí Duran (theorbo, Baroque guitar)