Divine Lute Playing: “Il Divino” with Sam Chapman

Mary Stuart played it, Bach celebrated it as an instrument of introspection, and Goethe grew up with its resonance—today, rock star Sting relies on its unique character to give his ballads their poignant, intense sound: the lute.

As the sonorous heart of Baroque and Renaissance music, the lute is the key to a musical world that spans the Arab world and, above all, the Mediterranean. One of the finest “guides” into this fascinating realm of Early Music is lute expert Sam Chapman. Having collaborated with the world’s most prestigious Early Music ensembles and conductors such as William Christie and Diego Fasolis, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis alumnus uses his masterful playing to transport audiences into the soundscape of Italian lute virtuosos.

The program centers around the famous Francesco da Milano (1497–1543), who was aptly nicknamed “Il Divino”—the Divine.

The concert series “musica pura” invites you to this extraordinary auditory experience, held in the atmospheric historical hall of the Baroque estate Gutshof Güntert in Sulzburg-Laufen.

Sam Chapman, Renaissance Lute

Great Music – Young Talents

Milo Dengler
Emma Ernst
Laurenz Güntert
Paul Hepper
Elena Riesterer
Mira Stegemann
Lara Stöcklin
Tillmann Vater

Duo Sciolto

Martina Roth, flute
Bärbel Libera, guitar

Vernissage “Seelenräume” meets CD Release “Reflexions”

Claudia Leonor Wührl, Painting and Sculpture
Zsófia Csákány, Piano
Moderation: Dr. Edda Güntert