la cecchina, the ensemble
the baroque ensemble was founded in 1999 in basel, where all the members of the group studied early music
at the schola cantorum basiliensis. the repertoire of la cecchina goes from the end
of XVI century until the end of XVII century, during this period the poliphony leaves the protagonism
to the accompanied modody, and that offers the possibility to create bridges beetwen two different styles that
allways appeared clearly separated: the renaissance and the baroque. the ensemble trys to express the way the music
of this period developed.
since the founding of la cecchina the ensemble has appeared at various festivals in france, spain, italy, belgium and switzerland. in 2005 the swiss radio drs recorded the group's interpretation of francesca caccini's compositions.
