Sonus Feminæ #4 - THE WOMAN QUESTION

Saturday, 1. Mar 2025

6:30 p.m. Introduction | 7:15 p.m. Concert begins

Villa Elisabeth

Concert | Early music | Women in music | Female composers in early music

The musical and literary evening THE WOMAN QUESTION, part of the Sonus feminæ series, brings Christine de Pizan's work and the gender debates of the early modern period to life.

The concert series "Sonus feminæ" opens its season with the literary-musical evening THE WOMAN QUESTION. The focus is on Christine de Pizan's groundbreaking work "The Book of the City of Women," a milestone in feminist literature from 1405, and the "Querelles des Femmes," the heated gender debate of the early modern period. The ensemble Cité des Dames and the guest ensemble Trio Tiefsaits will perform works from the collection of Margaret of Austria, compositions by Maddalena Casulana, and Barbara Strozzi, among others. Directed by Iñigo Giner Miranda, the works are brought into lively dialogue with historical text excerpts by narrator Cathrin Romeis. Prof. Margarete Zimmermann offers additional insights into the debates and intellectual worlds of the Middle Ages and early modern period with an informative lecture.

Program:
From the collection of Margaret of Austria (1480-1530), Maddalena Casulana (1544 - ?), Marieta Morosina Priuli (17th century), Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677).

Tickets: €18, reduced €12 plus fees 
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Further information: www.sonusfeminae.de/

Organizer:
Miako Klein in cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth

Funding:
Lotto Foundation Berlin and the Mariann Steegmann Foundation.

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