No 153 Orpheus

With »OHRpheus«, La Rubina, the Leipzig-based ensemble for early Baroque music, recounts the classic myth based on the ancient tale and Claudio Monteverdi’s »Orfeo« with much humour, beautiful music and interaction. The musical fable »OHRpheus« combines the music of Monteverdi and that of his contemporaries, including Rossi, Cavalli, Merula, Falconieri, Barbara Strozzi and others, to create an entertaining play, while the musicians continually create new sounds with sackbuts, recorders, a Lute, dulcian, bombard, one-handed flute and drum. They take on various roles and tell the story in both words and music, so that pupils are not only familiarised with the well-known tale but also learn about the instruments and the music of Monteverdi’s time. That certain tunes may get on their brains from singing along cannot be ruled out ...