10. Suor Maria Celeste | Laurie Stras

Does music get suddenly better when it’s linked to the Borgia family, or are we ok with anonymously composed pieces?In this final episode of the season, musicologist Laurie Stras introduces us to an enigmatic composer: Suor Maria Celeste (1600-1634), illegitimate daughter of the Italian scientist Galileo, and a Florentine nun of the early 17th century. She was the illegitimate daughter of the Italian scientist Galileo and a Florentine nun in the early 17th century. She wrote some magnificent polyphonic compositions, found by the researcher in the Biffoli-Sostegni Manuscript and performed by her all-female ensemble, Musica Secreta: discover the story of this crazy adventure in the search for these lost scores! To go further >CREDITSguest Laurie Stras, musicologist and performerinterview & editing Andrew Burnproduction REMAcredits music Platée, Act 1, Orage - Jean-Philippe Rameauperformed by Les Talens Lyriques, dir. Christophe RoussetCamera Lucida 2014All rights reserved - Courtesy of Les Talens Lyriquesdesign Doretta Rinaldioriginal drawings Vincent Flückigercover score Folio, Biffoli-Sostegni Manuscript, 1560 (Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal, Bruxelles, MS 27766)musicSelection from Mother Sister Daughterperformed by Musica Secreta, Laurie StrasLucky Music 2022