The Reformed Lukaskirche (Church of St. Luke) is but a few minutes’ walk from the main train station, right next to the popular Lucerne park known as the Vögeligärtli. The building, which features an imposing outside staircase and a stunning tower, was designed between 1933 and 1935 by the Lucerne-based architects Alfred Möri and Karl-Friedrich Krebs. Shortly before they had created the Villa Senar in Hertenstein for the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff – another example of early Modernism. Dominating the interior of the Lukaskirche are the colorful stained-glass windows that Eduard Renggli executed from the designs of Louis Moillet.
Luca Pianca, theorbo
Church of St. Luke,
Lucerne, Switzerland
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“Follie e Stravaganze”
works by Pietro Paolo Melli, Alessandro Piccinini, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, Giovanni Pittoni, Charles Hurel, and Robert de Visée
This dance drove half of Europe crazy: the follia, the Italian name which means “madness” or “insanity,” spread like wildfire from the Iberian peninsula across the continent starting in the 16th century. It was considered so unbridled and wild that it was even banned for a time. The follia is based on a very simple formula: above a concise bass sequence in the triple meter of the sarabande, the upper voice ascends and descends; parallel to this, the harmonies constantly shift between major and minor. This scheme developed in the Baroque era into the most popular basic pattern for variations, which are increasingly shortened and speeded up until the listener becomes dizzy. The 2018 Swiss Music Prize-winning lute virtuoso from Ticion, Luca Pianca, a longtime collaborator with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Giovanni Antonini, will perform some of the most beautiful examples of the follia (plus other crazy “extravaganzas”) on his theorbo, whose deep, brazen sound is ideal for the prominent bass part. And in the process he will drive us into a frenzy.
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Church of St. Luke - Lucerne
Morgartenstrasse 16
Morgartenstrasse 16
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City: Lucerne, Switzerland
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