Mr. Laurențiu Constantin, the "Sempre" ensemble proposes a new concert entitled "La notte" - "The Night" to the public who love old music. Why did you choose this theme and which works will paint the nocturnal universe of baroque music?

We are talking about a concert that is built sonically, as you said, around the nocturnal universe. It begins with a lush creation by William Shakespeare - "A Midsummer Night's Dream", then continues with two of Vivaldi's well-known "Seasons" and finally with the impetuous "La notte" by the same Vivaldi, in an adaptation for violin, originally written for a wind instrument.

How is the antithesis night-day, death-life represented musically?

The parts that make up these pieces create an alternation between these antitheses you mentioned. We're talking about the nocturnal universe, with all the ghosts, desires, fears, joys, romance, demons of the night. Night is a universe that each of us associates with a variety of feelings, experiences, directions, and this concert is an exploration from our point of view. We didn't set out to put a strong emphasis on this question of antithesis, so much as on that of narrative. It is also a repertoire that we are preparing for a future theatrical construction, as we have already publicly communicated that this repertoire is the one that will compose a future baroque opera performance recomposed around the nocturnal universe and starting from Vilvadi, a performance with instrumental music, vocal, dance, direction, scenography, which we hope to stage next year.

How would you describe the evolution of the public's appetite for baroque music?

In Bucharest there is definitely an audience for the genres of early music, especially Baroque and Byzantine music. This is proven by the fact that we have full halls, that we meet the same music lovers from performance to performance and last but not least, two important aspects, it is a relatively young audience and it is a fairly new audience from one concert to another, which means that the audience is developing, and this is congruent with our belief: it discovers the novelty of old music and with the propaganda, so to speak, for this music among the young generation, especially teenagers.

Finally, I would ask you to invite the audience to a concert.

We look forward to welcoming you on Sunday May 26th at 7pm in the Auditorium of the National Art Museum of Romania, together with the "Sempre" ensemble, at the concert "La notte".