IL CURIOSO II Curioso
Melanie Bogisch: recorder, flute, crumhorn, bombarde, rauschpfeife
Johanna Klinger: recorder, flute crumhorn, bombarde, percussion
Nadine Merzbacher: recorder, crumhorn, shawm, percussion
Johannes Kurz: recorder, crumhorn, bombarde, percussion
Bernhard Böhm: recorder, flute, crumhorn, rauschpfeife, shawm
Martin Hummel: baritone
Bernhard Böhm: Director
The ensemble Il Curioso was formed in 1997 and its aim is to revive the full
spectrum of medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque music, from lively, spur-of-the-moment
dance music to the formal festive music written for special occasions in middleclass
households, at court or in church. The ensemble's choice of instruments is guided
by historical practice, as documented or pictured in numerous sources, from
the time of the medieval minstrels to that of the professional town bands, church
and court-based ensembles. Authentic woodwind instruments such as recorders,
crumhorns, bombardes, shawms, flutes, rauschpfeifen and dulcians may be supplemented
with brass, percussion and plucked instruments of the appropriate period. In
recent years, Il Curioso has built up a full programme of concert appearances
in Germany and neighbouring European countries and has recorded for radio and
television.
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