About the Concert
Fidem in Fidibus is back for their second season at the Winnipeg Baroque Festival performing strings focused chamber music on historical instruments.
This year’s concert, La Folia, presents a variety of 17th century music including pieces by H.I.Biber, Antonio Vivaldi, Andrea Falconieri and Tarquinio Merula. Unique Baroque music for viola d’amore and Baroque guitar complement the program which concludes with a masterpiece of the Italian Baroque, Vivaldi’s “La Folia”.
About Fidem in Fidibus
An ensemble formed in the 2024 Winnipeg Baroque Festival, Fidem in Fidibus (Faith in Fiddles) is a major collaboration between Manitoba soloists on period instruments. The group consists of violinists Momoko Matsumura and Tatiana Friesen, keyboardist Theresa Thordarson, guitarist John Himes, cellist Nathaniel Froese, and violist Jennifer Thiessen.