Filament + Alice Teyssier: Bound Up in Love

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Embodying a conscious shift of focus and intention away from established norms, Bound Up in Love centers the lives and work of female composers and musicians, and interrogates our collective understanding of women in music history and the ways we tell women’s stories through mythology. This collaboration between the Philadelphia early music trio Filament and Franco-American soprano Alice Teyssier places works by Isabella Leonarda, Barbara Strozzi, and Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre in dialogue with those of Henry Purcell and Tarquinio Merula, employing the juxtaposition of different national and compositional styles to cast a fresh light on the singular human conditions of love, grief, longing, and motherhood. Bound Up in Love creates space to tell ancient stories in a new way. PARTICIPANTS Filament is a chamber ensemble, formed in 2019, of Philadelphia-based period-instrument soloists. Comprising a core trio of violin, viola da gamba, and keyboards, its respective founding members are Evan Few, Elena Kauffman, and John Walthausen. As a collective, its mission is to be the bright connective thread—that eponymous filament—linking the world of its audience with that of its repertoire, illuminating the delightful, sometimes uncanny familiarity of the emotions and images it evokes. Filament is building a reputation as a leading proponent and champion of 17th- and 18th-century chamber music. The Broad Street Review praised Filament for a “fervor and delight that make early music seem current, and easy, joyful communication,” and the Lancaster News noted Filament’s “profound understanding” of its repertoire. Filament’s programs bridge the gap between music from some of history’s most celebrated and familiar composers and music that is completely unknown. Recent concerts have featured unpublished music by anonymous composers, Filament’s own original transcriptions, and music by female composers. Filament presents concerts in its core formation and in collaboration…

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