Virtuoso sonatas, tarantellas and chaconnes from seventeenth-century Italy are performed here with contagious energy by the young ensemble PRISMA, a laureate of the eeemerging programme....

Virtuoso sonatas, tarantellas and chaconnes from seventeenth-century Italy are performed here with contagious energy by the young ensemble PRISMA, a laureate of the eeemerging programme. The four musicians accompany this colorful programme of variations on the theme of the seasons with their own improvisations. The Gottinger Tageblatt recently wrote of PRISMA: “this truly vivid art of interpretation- together with technical perfection, beauty of sound and balance- brings the impression that every phrase is invented in the very moment.” In May 2015 PRISMA won the Ensemble First Prize at the International Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Competition in Austria. Following this, they were invited to give concerts at the Biber Festival in Vienna, the Reihe Historischer Musik der Handel-Festspiele Gottingen, and on air with the Westdeutscher Rundfunk. In 2016, they were admitted to the eeemerging programme with festival residencies in Riga and Ambronay. On stage, PRISMA seeks to recount the music as if telling a story: the musicians speak with their instruments, sometimes supporting each other, sometimes clashing, bringing to life the expressive power of the repertory.