Try-out concert - Fury | Mercy

About anger, rage, rage, forgiveness and mercy

Channa Malkin and Mike Fentross' La Sfera Armoniosa bring an intense and compelling Vivaldi program with arias and concertos about anger, rage, rage, forgiveness and grace. A try-out concert for a new album that is full of emotions.

Soprano Channa Malkin invited Mike Fentross to record a Vivaldi album with her and his baroque orchestra La Sfera Armoniosa. In Splendor they are putting the finishing touches to the preparations with this try-out concert.

Channa:

“Anger, anger, rage. When was the last time you were really angry?

In our society, anger has a bad reputation. We prefer to sweep this uncomfortable feeling under the carpet. Women in particular grow up with the idea that we always have to be sweet, nice and pleasant. Why is that?

Isn't anger a wonderful indicator of an unfulfilled need, a signal that something needs to change? And

If we give ourselves the chance to fully experience this, will a heavenly catharsis perhaps follow the storm?

There is one composer who understood this like no other and knew how to express it in music: Antonio Vivaldi. The relentless wrath of God and the rage of a betrayed lover transform via the most heavenly melodies into a plea for forgiveness and ultimate mercy."

At 'Voor de Kunst' there is a crowdfunding campaign to make this album possible. Your support makes the difference! Many thanks for your support!

Link to (previous) album on NPOKlassiek.