go beyond the performance
Over the past 25 years some of Tempesta’s projects have become ‘deep dives’ that go beyond performances of 17th-and 18th-century music. Explore these ongoing and past projects:
Venice's Improbable All-Girl Bands
We are discovering music by and for the female musicians who resided in the institutions that formed Venice’s social safety net during the 18th century, the Ospedali Grandi, and reveal their extraordinary stories which have been absent from the narrative of baroque music for 300 years.
Telemann 360
“My name is Georg Philipp Telemann, and I am a composer, a poet, a printer-publisher and a gardener.” In 20217, Tempesta presented a (re)discovery of baroque Germany’s favorite composer, through ear-opening performances, a mixed-discipline talkshow, and pop-up events in Philadelphia gardens, pubs, museums and boats.
Discovering Fasch
Tempesta di Mare has been on the forefront of ensembles world-wide to bring back to life music by composer Johann Friedrich Fasch, a Bach contemporary whose breathtaking vision has profoundly changed the way we think about baroque music. In 2023 the ensemble was awarded the International Fasch-Prize.
Comédie Et Tragédie
From 2014-2016 Tempesta presented French baroque orchestral music written for the theatre: Comédie et Tragédie. Explore concert programs with music by Lully, Charpentier, Rameau, Leclair, and Marais, recordings, and related stories.
A Fuller Story
Stories of diversity in baroque music appear when we look beyond the composers. This ongoing project seeks out the stories of historically underrepresented people and their significant contributions to the creation, survival and subsequent performances of 17th and 18th-century music.