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SUMMARY:Concerto di Margherita (ITALY)
DESCRIPTION:Il Gioco della cieca (Blind Man’s Bluff) \nBuy tickets \n“Blind love I do not trust to thee\, that makes desires full of obscurity”. Thus comments the chorus in Guarini’s play\, “The Faithful Shepherd” (Il pastor fido) on two lovers’ passionate but beleaguered love tale. In the third act of the play\, set in the idyllic pastoral world of Arcadia\, two lovers play a game of “Blind Man’s Bluff” (or Gioco della Cieca\, as it is known in Italian). One\, Amaryllis\, is blindfolded and accidentally ends up in the arms of the other\, Mirtillo\, who desires her\, unbeknownst to her and the community. While the two characters wander sightless—Amaryllis because of the blindfold\, Mirtillo because of his tormented love—Guarini’s chorus bemoans the treacherous and false nature of blind love. \nTaking as an inspiration the vocal and instrumental works of late 16th and early 17th century Italian composers such as deWert\, Caccini\, Kapsberger and d’India\, the ensemble Concerto di Margherita presents a fable of an archetypal Lover\, caught\, like Amaryllis in Guarini’s play\, in a cruel game of Blind Man’s Bluff. Playing with sight and visibility throughout the concert\, the musicians\, who all sing and accompany themselves on their instrument\, take the audience with them on the Lover’s path: born in Arcadian innocence\, blinded and deluded by love\, lost and disoriented in darkness and finding solace in obscurity. \nMusic by deWert\, Caccini\, Kapsberger\, d’India\, Andrea Gabrieli\, Monteverdi and more. \nPROGRAMME \nImprovisation on “La Gazzella” \nGiovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580 – 1651) \nVeri diletti\, Libro secondo d’arie \nFrancesca Caccini (1587 – 1641) \nAure Volanti (Coro di Damigelle)\, La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola di Alcina \nSigismondo d’India (1582 – 1692) \nOcchi belli\, occhi sereni\, Primo libro di Villanelle a 3\, 4 e 5 voci \nClaudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643) \nLumi miei\, cari lumi\, Il terzo libro dei madrigali\, \nGiaches de Wert (1535 – 1596) \nO primavera gioventù dell’anno\, O dolcezze amarissi-me\, Ma se le mie speranze\, L’undecimo libro di madrigali a cinque voci \nGiulio Caccini  \nAmarilli\, mia bella\, Le nuove musiche \nGiovanni Girolamo Kapsberger \nChe fai tu\, Villanelle\, Libro secondo \nSigismondo d’India \nOcchi de’ miei desiri\, Secondo libro di villanelle a 3\, 4 e 5 voci \nSu\, su prendi la cetra o pastore\, Le musiche per due voci \nGirolamo Frescobaldi (1583 – 1643) \nDonna siam’ rei di morte\, Primo libro d’arie musicali \nSigismondo d’India \nAmorosi miei sol\, Primo libro di Villanelle a 3\, 4 e 5 voci \nGiovanni Girolamo Kapsberger  \nSinfonia à 4\, Libro Primo di Sinfonie a 4 voci \nSigismondo d’India \nCara mia cetra\, Le Musiche da cantar \nGiaches de Wert \nE s’altri non m’inganna\, O lungamente sospirato\, L’undecimo libro di madrigali a cinque voci \nGiovanni Girolamo Kapsberger  \nPassacaglia\, Libro quarto d’intavolatura di chitarrone \nGiulio Caccini \nQueste lagrime amare\, Le nuove musiche \nGiaches de Wert  \nChi mi fura il ben mio\, Primo libro di madrigali a quattro voci \nGiovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1554 – 1609) \nCieco Amor Quarto libro de’ Madrigali \nHere is a preview video for the concert:
URL:https://earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca/concert/concerto-di-margherita-italy/
LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, 1205 Pandora Avenue\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3R3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Island Temperament (CANADA)
DESCRIPTION:Cornucopia: An Autumnal Musical Feast \nBuy tickets \nAn opportunity to hear bassoon and horn\, in the rarely heard roles as solo instruments and featuring internationally renowned local musicians Katrina Russell and Andrew Clark. \nAs befits the season\, we have organized the concert around the theme of an autumnal feast\, reflecting the plenty of the harvest season in a tumbling profusion of wonderful music from the 17th and 18th centuries. \nEMSI’s resident ensemble\, Island Temperament\, under the keen direction of violinist Paul Luchkow\, will provide the table setting for serving up the musical banquet. \nMusic by Vivaldi\, Charpentier\, Valentini\, Sachini\, Gluck\, Telemann and others.
URL:https://earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca/concert/island-temperament-canada/
LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, 1205 Pandora Avenue\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3R3\, Canada
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