Friday 28 September 8.00pm IN VENETIA: Trinity College Chapel, Trinity Street Ticket: £25 QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble Concession: £20 Nicholas Mulroy tenor Richard Thomas director The Glories of the Most Serene Republic A programme to mark the four-hundredth anniversary of the death of Giovanni Gabrieli, with music by Monteverdi, Merula, di Rore, Donato, Castello, Buonamente, Priuli, and Gabrieli himself. Seventeenth-century Venetians loved rich and sumptuous spectacle. To satisfy the expression of this opulence in musical terms, the Venetian printing presses produced a wealth of instrumental music, designed to echo around the great golden domes of St Mark’s Basilica, and also throughout La Serenissima, in the churches, the palaces and the grand houses on the banks of the canals. By the turn of the seventeenth century, instrumental writing had developed into a highly sophisticated art form, utilising the glorious spaces of Venetian architecture and the virtuosic abi- lities of the members of the basilica’s wind band. The marriage of virtuosity and out- ward extravagance led to some of the finest music ever written for the wind band, and gives us a window onto the musical tastes of our seventeenth-century ancestors. Saturday 29 September 10.00am MUSEUM GUIDED TOUR: Cambridge’s Italian Art free of charge Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street We are very privileged to have secured a private tour, lasting one hour, of the museum’s early Italian masterpieces, led by the Fitzwilliam’s Assistant Director of Collections and Keeper of Paintings, Drawings and Prints, David Scrase. Meet at the front entrance. Advance booking is essential, since the group size is limited to twenty. 12.00noon FERMATE IL PASSO: St Bene’t’s Church, Bene’t Street Ticket: £15 VivaBiancaLuna Biffi soprano, viola d’arco Concession: £10 A mini-drama about love, woven from enchanting frottole from late 15th- and early 16th-century Italy. The three acts describe different moments of the day (sunset, night and morning) which are metaphors for falling in love, the torment of love, and the victory of love over troubles. The prologue and epilogue provide the voice of cynical reality: life is short and love is uncertain. VivaBiancaLuna Biffi began her musical education on the cello in Bergamo, and went on to study medieval fiddle, renaissance gamba and singing at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Unique in the world of medieval music as both an instrumentalist and singer, she has worked with some of the most important early music ensembles, including Alla Francesca (France), Les Flamboyants (Germany) and Hespèrion XXI - Capella Reial de Catalunya (Spain). She has performed across Europe, and also in Russia, the Middle East, and North and South America, and has released eight CDs. Viva writes: The frottola repertoire, simple in appearance only, is an inexhaustible source of artistic and conceptual inspiration, which never ceases to surprise. The more one delves into its endless compositional and literary variety, the more one is bewitched by its enormous potential, both musical and poetic. 2.30pm FAMILY WORKSHOP ON EARLY ITALIAN MUSIC Adult: £17 La Dante in Cambridge Adult + child: £27 The Lodge, Hawthorn Way, Cambridge CB4 1BT including lunch VivaBiancaLuna Biffi soprano, viola d’arco Cambridge Early Music in partnership with La Dante in Cambridge is hosting a special event to give children the chance to be taught by an internationally known musician. This workshop for singers and instrumentalists is suitable for all ages; children who play a stringed instrument are particularly welcome. The workshop will be preceded by an Italian-style picnic lunch at 1.30pm. Please ask for details. Applications should be received by 14th September. La Dante in Cambridge in partnership with Cambridge Early Music is proud to promote the Festival of Italian Music, 28-30 September 2012. La Dante in Cambridge promotes Italian language and culture and is part of the Società Dante Alighieri in Rome. At La Dante, we teach more than just language: students enjoy learning Italian language and culture taught by our highly qualified teachers who infuse their lessons with their passion for all things Italian. You’ll learn everything about the people and places that make the language what it is today. Based in the heart of the city, La Dante is your stepping- stone to modern-day Italian culture. Visit us at our new premises: The Lodge, Hawthorn Way, Cambridge CB4 1BT. 01223 315191 www.ladante-in-cambridge.org 8.00pm L’ESTRO ARMONICO: Great St Mary’s Church Ticket: £25, £15 La Serenissima Concession: £20, £10 Adrian Chandler director It was three hundred years ago that Vivaldi published his ground- breaking set of twelve concertos L’Estro Armonico (The Birth of Harmony). These pieces paved the way for the development of the concerto, not only by Vivaldi himself but by other composers too including Bach. Today, these concertos are among the most famous of Vivaldi’s output, including the A minor concerto for two violins and the B minor concerto for four violins. La Serenissima is the Vivaldi orchestra par excellence, playing with terrific verve and style. “Chandler and La Serenissima play with such finesse, such precision, and yet such rollicking good fun, they make every work sparkle and come alive.” “They play with animation, resilience, good sense, and passion. It’s a winning combination.” “The trademark vitality of La Serenissima’s sound is unmistakable… imaginative phrasing and considerable flair…music making of the highest calibre” - Goldberg Magazine FESTIVAL DINNER: Don Pasquale, Market Square Join the Festival team and CEM’s Trustees for a late dinner (around 10.30pm) at Don Pasquale’s family-run Italian restaurant. Please let us know by 21st September if you would like to be included in the party. Everyone pays their share! Sunday 30 September 12.00 noon CLAVICHORD RECITAL Ticket: £12 St Mary’s School, Bateman Street Concession: £10 (entrance opposite Panton Street) Julian Perkins clavichord An hour-long recital of music by Girolamo Frescobaldi and Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti. 3.00pm A CENTURY OF VIRTUOSO VIOLIN MUSIC Ticket: £20 St Bene’t’s Church, Bene’t Street Concession: £15 Pavlo Beznosiuk violin, Paula Chateauneuf theorbo Passionate music spanning the early 17th to early 18th century, from the earliest solo sonatas by Marini, Fontana and Castello, to flamboyant works by Corelli and Vivaldi, and Tartini’s ‘Devil’s Trill’. The Ukrainian/ Irish violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk has been described as “an artist with star quality”. Renowned for his virtuosity and versatility, Pavlo has secured his reputation as one of Europe’s greatest Baroque violinists. Soloist, accompanist, teacher and linch- pin of numerous early music groups, Paula Chateauneuf has earned her reputation as one of the most respected and admired musicians in the early music world. Marco Borggreve/AAM
Transcript
Friday 28 September
8.00pm IN VENETIA: Trinity College Chapel, Trinity Street
Ticket: £25 QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble
Concession: £20 Nicholas Mulroy tenor
Richard Thomas director
The Glories of the Most Serene Republic A programme to mark the four-hundredth anniversary of the death of Giovanni
Gabrieli, with music by Monteverdi, Merula, di Rore, Donato, Castello,
Buonamente, Priuli, and Gabrieli himself.
Seventeenth-century Venetians loved rich and sumptuous spectacle. To satisfy the
expression of this opulence in musical terms, the Venetian printing presses
produced a wealth of instrumental music, designed to echo around the great
golden domes of St Mark’s Basilica, and also throughout La Serenissima, in the
churches, the palaces and the grand houses on the banks of the canals.
By the turn of the seventeenth century, instrumental writing had developed into a
highly sophisticated art form, utilising the glorious spaces of Venetian architecture
and the virtuosic abi-
lities of the members
of the basilica’s wind
band. The marriage
of virtuosity and out-
ward extravagance
led to some of the
finest music ever
written for the wind
band, and gives us a
window onto the
musical tastes of our
seventeenth-century
ancestors.
Saturday 29 September
10.00am MUSEUM GUIDED TOUR: Cambridge’s Italian Art
free of charge Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street We are very privileged to have secured a private tour, lasting one hour, of the
museum’s early Italian masterpieces, led by the Fitzwilliam’s Assistant Director of
Collections and Keeper of Paintings, Drawings and Prints, David Scrase.
Meet at the front entrance. Advance booking is essential, since the group size is
limited to twenty.
12.00noon FERMATE IL PASSO: St Bene’t’s Church, Bene’t Street
Cambridge Early Music is a registered charity no. 1127932. All details subject to change.
Trustees: Jane Aldridge, John Bickley, Jill Davies, Rosamond McKitterick, Tony Watts
Administration: Selene Mills, Louise Jameson, Simon Jackson
Cambridge Early Music
gratefully acknowledges the support
of its Patrons for 2012:
Dame Mary Archer
Keren & Jo Butler
Martin Darling
Sue Davies
Sue Edwards & David Lavender
Prof. Barry Kay
Gerald & Annabel Malton
Ellen Sarewitz
Edith Schlossmann
Dr George Smerdon
Christopher Thorpe
Prof. Tony Watts
and those Patrons who wish to remain anonymous
Cambridge Early Music
FORTHCOMING CONCERTS
Thursday 29 November, 7.30pm, Trinity College Chapel
SOLOMON’S KNOT: A Chamber Messiah Handel’s masterpiece
performed by Baroque orchestra and just 8 singers
Saturday 15 December, 7.30pm, Trinity College Chapel
THE MUSICAL AND AMICABLE SOCIETY
Concerti for Christmas: Vivaldi, Telemann, C.P.E. Bach
Saturday 5 January 2013, 7.30pm, Trinity College Chapel
MEDIVA: Ballare et Danzare
Italian dance music from the 14th and 15th centuries
Friday 15 March 2013, 7.30pm, Trinity College Chapel
MICHAEL CHANCE & NIGEL NORTH: Lute song recital
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