Venice Baroque Orchestra Baroque Concertos

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Il Giustino Massimo Raccanelli, cello, Federico Toffano, cello Toffano, Massimo Raccanelli, cello, Federico Gianpiero Zanocco, violin, Massimo Raccanelli, cello Zanocco, violin, Massimo Raccanelli, Gianpiero

VII. Allegro VII. Allegro VIII. Adagio IX. Adagio X. Allegro XI. Adagio XII. Allegro I. Allegro II. Cantabile IV. Vivace Vivace IV. Allegro V. VI. Andante I. Allegro I. Allegro II. Largo III. Allegro I. Adagio II. Allegro III. Adagio III. Allegro III. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegro I. Allegro II. Andante I. Allegro molto molto I. Allegro I. Largo I. Largo II. Allegro III. Largo molto Allegro IV. non molto I. Allegro II. Largo III. Allegro II. Andante e sempre piano e sempre II. Andante III. Presto I. Allegro I. Allegro Program Concerto in D Major for recorder, strings and basso continuo, “Il Gardellino,” RV 428 RV strings and basso continuo, “Il Gardellino,” Concerto in D Major for recorder,

“La Follia” in D minor, Concerto Grosso Op. 5 No.12) (after A. Corelli

531 strings and basso continuo, RV Concerto in G minor for two cellos, Sinfonia in C Major from the opera Sinfonia in C Major from Intermission

RV 547 and cello, Concerto in B-flat Major for violin

273 continuo, RV for violin, strings and basso Concerto in E minor Double Concerto in D minor for soprano recorder and violin, RV 535 violin, RV and in D minor for soprano recorder Double Concerto

Sinfonia in G Major for strings and basso continuo, RV 146 continuo, RV and basso in G Major for strings Sinfonia Venice Baroque Orchestra: Nov. 2, 2018 C-4 out hundreds ofworks,mostlyforsoloviolin(his instrumentofchoice).HeandotherVenetian ledthe pack,turningcomposers torampupthe virtuosityandinventionintheirconcertos.Vivaldi ease ofplayabilitysurely inspired musicianstoimprove encouraged theirtechnique,whichinturn builders innearbyCremona: and,mostfamously, Amati,Guarneri Stradivari.Thebeautiful toneand exciting stereo “antiphonal”effect. Equallysignificantwere thecontributionsofgreat instrument where instrumentalandvocalgroups were positioned atoppositesidesofthesanctuary, creating an Giovanni andAndrea Gabrieliauthored gloriousworksthatutilizedthespaciousnessofSt.Mark's, likely camefrom massescelebratedingreat cathedrals.InVenice, lateRenaissancecomposers contributed toitsdevelopment.AswithRome'sconcerto grosso, thenotion ofamusicaldialogue Italy.The birthoftheconcertogoesbacktoearly1700s innorthern Two influentialelements when. black grandpiano,valiantlymatchingahugeorchestra involume.Butthings startedsmallwayback it manytimesintheconcerthall,watchingafamous virtuosopoundawayonthekeyboard ofashiny, For generations,musiclovershaveembracedthe glories ofthisexcitinggenre. We've beenthrilled by Solo Concerto Lully (1632-87).Geminianiwouldgoontopublishtwosetsofhisownconcertigrossi in1732. a dozenormore composers.ItsoriginscanbetracedbacktoCorelli andFrenchman Jean-Baptiste The lastofthoseexplored therepeated chord progression of“LaFollia,”apopulartuneadoptedby Geminiani (1687-1762)recast adozenviolinsonatasbyCorelli, withwhomhehadstudiedinRome. 6, whichlikewisenumbered 12,allheavilyinfluencedbyCorelli's collection.In1729,Francesco In 1740,GeorgeFridericHandel(1685-1759)created hissecondsetofconcertigrossi, alsoOp. their waytoapairofcomposerswhohadsettledinLondon. Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713),notablyasetof12publishedafterhisdeathasOp.6.Thosemade orchestra, theconcertogrosso (“largeconcerto”)grew inpopularitythankstothebrilliantworksby and-response elementinCatholicservices.Created asasortofconversationbetweensoloistsand ensemble (the The ideaofplacingagroup oftwoorthree soloists(theconcertino)infront ofaninstrumental Concerto Grosso would laterextendtofourmovementsandevolveintothesymphony. works (including timeinRome—anextravagantoperathatfeaturescarnival numerous borrowings from earlierVivaldi Christian ofPolandinMarch of1740.TheCmajorsinfoniaisfrom The Gmajorsinfonia,forexample,waswrittenaprogram inDresden honoringPrinceFriedrich operas, orchestral suites andsacred works,orforcelebratoryoccasions. different andothercomposers, includingBach,usedthemasovertures purposes.Vivaldi orinsertsin “Red Priest”becamesomethingofagodfathermusicinVenice. Atthattime,sinfoniasserved 1741). Knownprimarilyasthecomposerofsome600concertos(more onthatbelow),theso-called Both halvesoftheperformanceopenwiththesepurely orchestral (1678- worksbyAntonioVivaldi Sinfonia solo recorder. Here's alookateachcategory: a concertogrosso andfive concertos—three ofthemfortwoinstruments,onesoloviolin, developed, inItalyduringthebaroque era(approximately 1600-1759).We'll hearapairofsinfonias, This concertfeatures three typesofmusic,eachthoughttohavebeeninvented,oratleast Program notesbyMarc Shulgold Program Notes III. Allegro ripieno The FourSeasons ) beganinRomethelate1600s.Perhapsconceptgrew outoftheverse- · cupresents.org ·303-492-8008 ). Eachoftheseworkshasthree movements,aconstructionthat Il Giustino , performedin1724at Venice Baroque Orchestra: Nov. 2, 2018 C-5 filled filled Largo . Incidentally, the the . Incidentally, Allegro · cupresents.org · 303-492-8008 · cupresents.org and dance-like final Andante clear that the composer was attracted to the earthy bottom of the cello's range, all but ignoring its to the earthy bottom of the cello's range, all but ignoring its clear that the composer was attracted upper notes while cleverly alternating the close harmonies with some cat-and-mouse chasing by soloists. unusual combination of violin and cello would appear 150 years later in a double concerto by Brahms. cello would appear 150 years later in a double concerto by Brahms. unusual combination of violin and instrument was Vivaldi'sfor two cellos was composed when the fretless only known concerto it seems low voice. Here, viola da gamba as an expressive, to succeed the fretted soon new, relatively His D minor Double Concerto, RV 535, was originally written for two oboes, here arranged for arranged for His D minor Double Concerto, RV 535, was originally written for two oboes, here and cello, RV and violin. The Concerto in B-flat for violin 547, is played in its original recorder celestial instrumentation, highlighted by a and on for 35 years and was eventually named the director of instrumental music. During that period, of instrumental music. During that period, named the director and on for 35 years and was eventually these talented girls. stripes for works of all different he composed numerous were delivered to the Ospedale with the knowledge that they would be raised there to become to become that they would be raised there to the Ospedale with the knowledge delivered were taught to play musical citizens. The boys learned useful crafts while the girls were productive off to be ladies worthy of marriage. Vivaldi served there would grow instruments, with hopes that they for violin and cello) and one for a pair of cellos (RV 531). pair of cellos (RVfor violin and cello) and one for a 531). of musicians—the young girls of Venice's group written for an unusual It's likely that these were orphanages for foundlings and orphans. These unwanted newborns Ospedale della Pietà, one of four Influenced by the popularity of the concerto grosso, numerous composers in the baroque—and in in the baroque—and composers in numerous concerto grosso, Influenced by the popularity of the we have of an ensemble. Here, in front soloists (or more) the idea of two later centuries—explored and violin, and RV 547 (RV instruments 535 for recorder examples by Vivaldi: two for different three Double Concerto the bird-like entrance of the soloist. The European Goldfinch carried religious significance, based on significance, based on religious Goldfinch carried the soloist. The European entrance of the bird-like its of blood around a drop of thorns received and landed on Christ's crown had bird a legend that the to a catalog (in refers RV “Madonna of the Goldfinch”). The bill (see Raphael's notation, by the way, in the 1970s by Peter Ryom. assembled German, Verzeichnis) with surprises. Part of a set known as the “Farewell Concertos,” it was apparently written late in the written late in the it was apparently Concertos,” of a set known as the “Farewell with surprises. Part and he was ill, impoverished in Vienna,perhaps within weeks of his death composer's life, where (The Goldfinch), due to RV Concerto, 428, is known as “Il Gardellino” The Recorder all-but-ignored. Two of tonight’s Vivaldi solo concertos show his imagination and endless melodic gifts. The Violin Vivaldi gifts. The Violin and endless melodic his imagination solo concertos show of tonight’s Two an episodic and features key of E minor unusual RVConcerto, in the relatively 273, is set composers, including Alessandro Marcello and Tomaso Albinoni, were fashioning concertos that that fashioning concertos were Albinoni, and Tomaso Marcello including Alessandro composers, and others. of Bach, Handel the musical horizons expanding Europe, through quickly traveled Venice Baroque Orchestra: Nov. 2, 2018 C-6 The Venice Baroque Orchestra issupportedbyFondazione Cassamarca in Treviso. d’Or, Echo Award, andtheEdisonAward. Bach ariasfeaturingAngelikaKirchschlager. Theorchestra hasalsobeenhonored withtheDiapason Carmignola includes and Carmignola,ItalianariaswithPetibon.The orchestra’s earlierdiscographyonSonywith Mullova violinconcertoswithViktoria arias;Vivaldi two discswithKožená—HandelariasandVivaldi motetsandariaswithsopranoSimoneKermes, sinfoniasandconcertosforstrings; Vivaldi Vivaldi recording of The VBOhasanextensivediscographywithSony andDeutscheGrammophon.Theirworldpremiere premieres ofmany18th-centuryoperaarias,whichwasawarded ChocduMondedelaMusique. nomination; andapasticcioofMetastasio’s Grammophon; PhilippeJaroussky inPorporaariasfortheEratolabel,whichreceived aGrammy The orchestra’s numerous recordings includeAvi Avital concertosforDeutsche inVivaldi Robert McDuffie ina28-cityU.S.tour. 2010, theVBOpremiered Philip Glass’ violinconcerto, Magdalena Kožená,includingtheIstanbulFestivalandMariinskyTheatre inSt.Petersburg.In and Canada;performanceinDresden’s Frauenkirche withsopranoKarinaGauvin;andatour Belgium; concertswithAvi Avital inItaly, Croatia, Germany, Spain,France,Mexico,theUnitedStates countertenor PhilippeJaroussky; concertswithcontraltoMarie-NicoleLemieuxinFranceand Earlier performancehighlightshaveincludedtoursofEurope, theUnitedStatesandAsiawith the U.S.withviolinistNicolaBenedetti;andatourofJapanAvi Avital. andBudapest;an 18-citytourof MullovaatVienna Beaux-Arts; performanceswithviolinistViktoria Krannert CenteroftheUniversityIllinois,London’s BarbicanCentre, andBrussels'Palaisdes The 2016-17seasonfeatured performancesofVivaldi’s Kožená, GrafeneggwithharpistXavierdeMaistre andSchleswigHolsteinwithmandolinistAvi Avital. on recorders. RecentfestivalappearancesincludedEnescuFestivalwithmezzosopranoMagdalena London, Ljubljana,Versailles, JapanandChina.Theorchestra’s annualU.S.tourfeatured AnnaFusek Highlights ofthe2018seasonincludetwotourswithcountertenorFrancoFagioli,concertsin also featured onSwissTV inthedocumentaryfilmbyRichard Dindo, and NHK.Itisthesubjectofthree recent videorecordings, andtheensemble’s performanceswere worldwide through NTR(Netherlands), several televisionspecials,includingfilmsbytheBBC,ARTE, of MusicinNewYork initsfirstfullstagingtheUnitedStates. Theorchestra hasbeenseen L’Olimpiade and Boccherini’s Andromeda liberata daypremieresVBO hasgiventhemodern ofFrancescoCavalli’s Committed totherediscovery of17th-and18th-centurymasterpieces,underMarcon’s leadership across theUnitedStates thananyotherbaroque orchestra inhistory. Europe, SouthAmerica, Japan,Korea, Taiwan andChinahasappeared inmanymore cities received widecriticalacclaim foritsconcertandoperaperformancesthroughout NorthAmerica, Orchestra isrecognized asoneoftheveryfinestperiodinstrumentensembles.Theorchestra has Founded in1997bybaroque scholarandharpsichordist Andrea Marcon, theVenice Baroque About theVenice Baroque Orchestra , Handel’s Andromeda liberata La Clementina , BenedettoMarcello’s The FourSeasons Siroe · cupresents.org ·303-492-8008 , andGaluppi’s . With Teatro. With La Fenice in Venice, the orchestra has staged Cimarosa’s forDGwasfollowedbyviolinconcertoswithGiuliano Carmignola; , previously unrecorded concertos,andacollectionof Vivaldi La morted’Adone L’Olimpiade L’Olimpiade , andreprised The AmericanFourSeasons fortheNaïvelabelfeaturingrecording Juditha triumphans and L’Orione Il trionfodellapoesiaemusica Vivaldi inVenice Vivaldi Siroe , Vivaldi’s attheBrooklyn Academy at Carnegie Hall,the atCarnegie Atenaide, , withviolinist . , Venice Baroque Orchestra: Nov. 2, 2018 C-7 · cupresents.org · 303-492-8008 · cupresents.org

Recorder Anna Fusek Alessandro Pivelli Alessandro Harpsichord Erich Traxler Federico Toffano Contrabass Cello Massimo Raccanelli Viola Alessandra Di Vincenzo Meri Skejic Massimiliano Simonetto Francesco Lovato Giuseppe Cabrio Second Violin Giorgio Baldan Massimiliano TieppoMassimiliano Spinazzè Mauro Anna Fusek First Violin Concertmaster Zanocco, Gianpiero Personnel Sarah Chang, violin Julio Elizalde, piano Friday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. Macky Auditorium

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