The black Joak & Bizzarrie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda - Marco Scorticati & Davide Pozzi

Anon.
The black Joak, as 'tis was perform'd in Dublin (ca. 1660)
Nicola Matteis (ca. 1650 - after 1714)
Diverse bizzarrie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda ò vero Ciaccona (1685) [3:54]
Marco Scorticati, recorder
Davide Pozzi, harpsichord
October 11, 2009
Museo del Duomo, Sala delle Colonne, Milano
Associazione Musica Rara - Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo
***
MARCO SCORTICATI
Born in Milan in 1980, he began studying recorder at a very early age. He took lessons from Giovanni Antonini, Pedro Memelsdorff (with whom he graduated in '99 at the "Civica Scuola di Musica Antica" in Milan), Walter van Hauwe (at the "Sweelinck" Conservatorium in Amsterdam) and Kees Boeke (at the Musikhochschule of Zurich, where he graduated in 2003). He also attended the "C. Pollini" Conservatory in Padua obtaining his degree in 1999 and studied composition with Fabio Vacchi at the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Milan. He studied baroque transverse flute with Marco Brolli in Milan.
As a recorder and transverse flute player he regularly performs with his ensemble Estro Cromatico, and collaborates a.o. with Accademia Bizantina (Ottavio Dantone), Europa Galante (Fabio Biondi) and Il Giardino Armonico (Giovanni Antonini). He has performed with the Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra directed by Ottavio Dantone, Giovanni Antonini and Rinaldo Alessandrini; he has also appeared as a soloist with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra directed by Fabio Biondi. He has played together with such well-known soloists as Enrico Onofri, Stefano Montanari, Cecilia Bartoli, María Espada, Vivica Genaux, Ann Hallenberg, Nuria Rial, Mária Zádori and Andreas Scholl.
He appears on CD and DVD recordings with Accademia Bizantina (Decca and Naïve Classique), Europa Galante (Virgin Classics and Dynamic), Il Giardino Armonico (Arthaus and Naïve Classique) and has broadcasted for Bayern Klassik, Radio France, Radio Nacional de España, Radio RAI, Polskie Radio and NRK Norway.
He has performed as a soloist in some of the most important European concert halls and festivals, such as Philharmonie and Konzerthaus in Berlin, Bozar (Brussels), Die Glocke (Bremen), Musikhalle Hamburg, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Gewandhaus (Leipzig), Barbican Hall (London), Philharmonie Luxenbourg, Baluarte (Pamplona), Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Auditorio di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Auditorio Kursaal in San Sebastián, Stavanger Concert Hall (Norway), De Oosterpoort (Utrecht), Auditorio Miguel Delibes (Valladolid), Wiener Konzerthaus, Tonhalle (Zurich), Berliner Tage für Alte Musik, Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin, Festival de Beaune, Festival de Música de Canarias, Festival de Música de Compostela, Opera Rara Krakow, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, MilanoArteMusica, Musica e Poesia a San Maurizio (Milan), Stresa Festival, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg.
With Davide Pozzi and Estro Cromatico he has recorded the album “Son d’Amore: recorder sonatas by G.F. Handel” (Stradivarius).
Marco Scorticati taught recorder for several years at the “Niccolò Piccinni” Conservatory in Bari, and at the “F.A. Bonporti” Conservatory in Trento. He is currently teaching at the "Santa Cecilia" Conservatory in Rome.
DAVIDE POZZI
Born in 1975, he graduated with honors in harpsichord, fortepiano and clavichord, as well as organ and organ composition at the Conservatorio "G. Verdi" in Milan. He then continued his studies at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan receiving his diploma, cum laude, in Lorenzo Ghielmi's baroque organ class. He attended the "Schola Cantorum" of Basel for post-graduate studies in organ with Jean-Claude Zehnder and in harpsichord with Andrea Marcon.
He has played in numerous countries such as Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Croatia, Poland, Finland, Latonya, Israel, USA and Japan, performing at such well-known music festivals and venues as Tage Alte Musik Regensburg, Museum of Musical Instruments, Konzerthaus and Philarmonie in Berlin, Salle Gaveau and Cité de la Musique in Paris, Vienna Konzerhaus, Concertgebow in Amsterdam, Tonhalle in Zurich, Società del Quartetto, Auditorium, Teatro degli Arcimboldi and Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro Real in Madrid a.o.
He has played as a soloist with such artists as Enrico Dindo, Sergio Azzolini and Emmanuel Pahud. He recorded the fortepiano concerto Wq 35 and other obbligato fortepiano works by C.P.E. Bach for Sony Classical Germany with Streicherakademie Bozen directed by Sergio Azzolini, as well as C.P.E. Bach's harpsichord and fortepiano sonatas (Stradivarius). He appears on CD recordings for Decca, Sony, Stradivarius, Naive, Glossa, Chandos, Amadeus, Bongiovanni, Tactus, Bottega Discantica and Arts.
***
All the pictures by Lanfranco Scorticati (1911-1999)
www.scorticatipittore.it
Arlecchino, 1934 - La coda di cavallo, 1957 - La sottoveste - La Miss Italia Nives Zegna, 1960 (Med. Oro Premio Ramazzotti 1960) - La soprano Pia Tassinari, 1941 - Donna che si pettina, 1974