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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. \nHere is a preview video for the concert: \n\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
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. \nAndrew Clark’s background includes many years of performing with top orchestras in and around the UK\, including principal positions with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment\, London Classical Players and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. \nAs a soloist he has recorded for EMI\, Hyperion\, Archiv\, Linn and Redshift labels\, including the premieres of the Sonata da Caccia by Thomas Adès (1998) and the Concertino for horn and string orchestra by Stephen Chatman (2020); horn concertos by Vivaldi and Crusell; and chamber works by Mozart\, Beethoven\, Brahms and Czerny. \nHis specialisation in performing on historical instruments has led to many interesting engagements\, highlights of which include:\n• Playing all of Bach’s works with a horn part\, most of which can be heard on recordings with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (Challenge Classics)\n• Using a Vienna horn to perform the four Brahms Symphonies with both Sir Roger Norrington and London Classical Players (recorded for EMI) and Sir Charles Mackerras and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (recorded for Telarc)\n• Sixteen seasons at Glyndebourne Festival Opera\, including runs of Handel: Giulio Cesare\, Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte\, Don Giovanni\, Idomeneo\, Magic Flute\, Figaro\, Beethoven: Fidelio\n• A live broadcast on BBC radio of the concert aria Pieta di Me by Haydn which contains the highest notes written for the horn in classical repertoire\, performed with the Hanover Band\, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras \nAs a specialist in historical performance\, Katrina Russell has played and recorded with many of the premier period instrument ensembles in the UK and Europe\, including The English Concert\, The King’s Consort\, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment\, The Academy of Ancient Music\, The Hanover Band\, The Gabrieli Consort and Players\, L’Orchestre de la Champs Elysees\, The Orchestra of “The Sixteen”\, and The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra\, amongst others. \nAs a member of many of these groups Katrina has toured widely\, appearing at many leading festivals around the world including Perth (Australia)\, Aix-en-Provence\, Salzburg\, Mostly Mozart (Lincoln Center\, New York)\, and the BBC Proms. She has also performed with The London Chamber Orchestra\, and in North America with New York Philomusica\, the Vancouver Symphony\, Victoria Symphony and the Vancouver Island Symphony. \nKatrina and Andrew Clark) relocated to the West Coast in late 2010 and established themselves near Ladysmith where they have a speciality instrument making workshop producing horns and trumpets. They continue to be in demand as performers both locally and abroad. \nHere’s our imagined “menu” for an international musical feast: \nMENU \nProcession – À table!\nMarc-Antoine Charpentier\nMarch from Te Deum \nAppetizer – Germany: Spargelsuppe (white esparagus soup)\nAndreas Oswald\nSonata for Bassoon \n1st Course – England: Stargazy Pie\nGeorge Frideric Handel\nSuite in D HWV 341 from\n“The Watermusic” \n2nd Course – Italy: assorted antipasti\nAntonio Vivaldi\nBassoon/CelloConcerto\nin D min RV 481/406 \n3rd Course – Germany: Strudel mit Sauerkraut und Bratwurst\nGeorg Philipp Telemann\nConcerto in F TWV 43:16 \nLoosen your belt or corset!\nINTERMISSION \nMain Course – Germany: Weihnachtsgans (roast goose) mit Spätzle\nGeorg Philipp Telemann\nOverture à 5 TWV 44:7 \nPalate cleanser – England: blackberry sherbert\nHenry Purcell\nFantasia on One Note \nDessert – Bohemia: Koláče (sweet bread with fruit filling)\nAntonín Reichenauer\nConcerto in G minor for Bassoon \nSweets – Germany: verschiedene Marzipansorten (assorted marzipan)\nGeorg Philipp Telemann\nConcerto for 4 violins TWV 40:202a \nDigestif – England: Taylor Fladgate 10-year Port\nGeorge Frideric Handel\nWater Music Selections:\nConcert #5 HWV 302b and\nHWV 331.2 (hornpipe)
URL:https://earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca/concert/island-temperament-canada-2/
LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, 1205 Pandora Avenue\, Victoria\, BC\, V8V 3R3\, Canada
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