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Riccardo Minasi Fearless Italian Baroque Violin RICCARDO MINASI FEARLESS ITALIAN BAROQUE VIOLIN Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne October/November 2015 Riccardo Minasi guest director, baroque violin Australian Brandenburg Orchestra PROGRAM Francesco DE MAJO Sinfonia in D major Angelo RAGAZZI Violin Concerto in G minor Domenico SARRO Sinfonia from Demofoonte Angelo RAGAZZI Sonata Op.1, No. 4 in F minor, Imitatio in Salve Regina Interval Francesco DURANTE Concerto No. 2 in G minor Gennaro MANNA Sinfonia in E flat major Leonardo LEO Concerto for 4 violins in D major Nicola FIORENZA Sinfonia for 3 violins in G major Niccolè JOMMELLI Sinfonia from La Betulia liberata Brisbane Sydney Melbourne Queensland Performing Arts Centre City Recital Hall Melbourne Recital Centre Monday 26 October at 7:30pm Wednesday 28 October Saturday 7 November at 7pm Friday 30 October Sunday 8 November at 5pm Saturday 31 October Wednesday 4 November Friday 6 November all at 7pm Matinee Saturday 31 October at 2pm Chairman's 11 Proudly supporting our guest artists The duration of this concert is approximately 2 hours including interval. We kindly request that you turn off all electronic devices during the performance. BRISBANE SERIES PARTNERS BRISBANE SUPPORTER PRINCIPAL PARTNER MINASI Program_#8.indd 1 13/10/2015 3:10 pm SHARED VISIONS Macquarie Group is proud to be the principal partner of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for the 2015 concert season. Presenting both classics of the baroque repertoire as well as unfamiliar compositions enables modern listeners to discover the depth of the baroque period. It is this ability of the ensemble to perform baroque pieces in as fresh and exciting a way as when they were first performed that is one of the most enticing aspects of a Brandenburg concert. In this concert series Riccardo Minasi joins the Brandenburg as a guest director and soloist. We hope you will enjoy the energy and vitality that Riccardo and the orchestra bring to the work of Neapolitan composers. It is a privilege to continue our support for the Brandenburg and congratulations once again to Artistic Director Paul Dyer for creating a wonderful year of concerts. Our partnership with the Orchestra in bringing these works to life means the immense talents of its musicians and visiting artists can be widely enjoyed and appreciated. Shemara Wikramanayake 2 Chair, Macquarie Group Foundation MINASI Program_#8.indd 2 13/10/2015 3:10 pm ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE There are so many words I could use to describe Riccardo Minasi, a man of passion, integrity, generosity and brilliance. Riccardo’s unbridled enthusiasm is infectious and inspiring, he is a wonderful leader and performer and I feel privileged to welcome him to the Brandenburg stage as guest director and baroque violin for this beautiful concert series. Riccardo is in huge demand in Europe – I have been waiting for the right time to bring him back to Australia since he last performed with us in 2011. Riccardo is something of a champion of the long forgotten music of baroque Naples. Scattered across Europe, forgotten but held safely in various libraries, this is the first time many of these pieces have been performed in Australia, in fact many have not even been recorded. This incredibly fascinating and beautiful music was part of the cornerstone of art, culture, religion and everyday life in baroque Naples. Riccardo has unearthed these music gems for us tonight, which he performs with his trademark enthusiasm, joy and breathless precision. Paul Dyer AO Artistic Director and Conductor 3 MINASI Program_#8.indd 3 13/10/2015 3:10 pm RICCARDO MINASI FEARLESS ITALIAN BAROQUE VIOLIN Riccardo Minasi guest director, baroque violin Australian Brandenburg Orchestra THE MUSICIANS ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS Baroque Violin 1 Baroque Viola Baroque Oboe Shaun Lee-Chen, Perth Monique O'Dea, Sydney+ 3 Kirsten Barry, Melbourne+ * (Guest Concertmaster)1 Marianne Yeomans, Sydney Owen Watkins, Bega Matt Bruce, Sydney Simòn Gangotena, Melbourne (Associate Concertmaster)* Baroque Bassoon Catherine Shugg, Melbourne Baroque Cello Peter Moore, Perth+ * Bianca Porcheddu, Canberra2 Jamie Hey, Melbourne+* Skye McIntosh, Sydney Anthea Cottee, Sydney Baroque Horn Rosemary Quinn, Sydney Darryl Poulsen, Perth+ * Baroque Violin 2 Dorée Dixon, Perth Ben Dollman, Adelaide+ * Baroque Double Bass Sarah Dunn, Sydney Jacqueline Dossor, Surrey, UK + Harpsichord/Organ Matt Greco, Sydney Paul Dyer, Sydney+ * Simone Slattery, Adelaide Rafael Font, The Hague * Denotes Brandenburg Core Musician + Section Leader 1 Shaun Lee-Chen appears courtesy of West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Perth 2 Bianca Porcheddu appears courtesy of St. Francis Xavier College, Florey ACT (staff) 3 Monique O’Dea appears courtesy of Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney (staff) Harpsichord preparation by Geoffrey Pollard in Sydney, Carey Beebe in Brisbane and Alistair McAllister in Melbourne Organ preparation by Joanna Tondys in Sydney, Carey Beebe in Brisbane and 4 Ken Falconer in Melbourne MINASI Program_#8.indd 4 13/10/2015 3:10 pm PAUL DYER In January 2013 Paul Dyer AO was awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for his ‘distinguished service to the performing arts, particularly orchestral music as a director, conductor and musician, through the promotion of educational programs and support for emerging artists’ in recognition of his achievements as Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Australian Brandenburg Paul has performed with many prominent Orchestra and Brandenburg Choir. international soloists including Andreas Scholl, Cyndia Sieden, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Andreas Staier, Paul Dyer is one of Australia’s leading specialists in Marc Destrubé, Christoph Prégardien, Hidemi period performance styles. He founded the ABO in Suzuki, Manfredo Kraemer, Andrew Manze, Yvonne 1990 and has been the orchestra’s Artistic Director Kenny, Emma Kirkby, Philippe Jaroussky and many since that time. Paul has devoted his performing life others. In 1998 he made his debut in Tokyo with to the harpsichord, fortepiano and chamber organ as countertenor Derek Lee Ragin, leading an ensemble well as conducting the Brandenburg Orchestra and of Brandenburg soloists, and in August 2001 Paul Choir. toured the orchestra to Europe with guest soloist Andreas Scholl. As a recitalist, he has toured Paul completed postgraduate studies in solo Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and performance with Bob van Asperen at the Royal the United States. Conservatorium in The Hague, performed with many major European orchestras and undertook ensemble Paul is an inspiring teacher and has been a staff direction and orchestral studies with Sigiswald member at various Conservatories throughout the Kuijken and Frans Brüggen. world. In 1995 he received a Churchill Fellowship and he has won numerous international and national Paul appears as a soloist, continuo player and awards for his CD recordings with the Australian conductor with many major ensembles including Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir, including the the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, West Australian 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2010 ARIA Awards for Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Orchestra, Best Classical album. Paul is Patron of St Gabriel’s Australia Ensemble, Australian Chamber Orchestra, School for Hearing Impaired Children. In 2003 Paul Opera Australia, Australian Youth Orchestra, was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal for his Victorian State Opera, Malaysian Philharmonic services to Australian society and the advancement Orchestra, the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, of music. In 2010 Paul was awarded the Sydney Vancouver, and the Orchestra of the Age of University Alumni Medal for Professional Enlightenment, London. Achievement. 5 MINASI Program_#8.indd 5 13/10/2015 3:10 pm RICCARDO MINASI BAROQUE VIOLIN Riccardo Minasi, was born in Rome in 1978. He has performed both as soloist as well as concertmaster with Le Concert des Nations of Jordi Savall, Accademia Bizantina, Concerto Italiano, Il Giardino Armonico, Al Ayre Español, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di S.Cecilia and Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. He has also worked with the From 2004 to 2010 Riccardo was professor of Concerto Vocale of René Jacobs, Ensemble 415, chamber music at the Conservatorio V. Bellini of Luca Pianca, Viktoria Mullova, Albrecht Mayer, Palermo, and lectures in historical practice at the Christophe Coin and Reinhard Goebel. Juilliard School of Music in New York, the Longy School of Music in Cambridge (USA), the Sibelius As a conductor he directed the Orchestra and Choir Academy of Helsinki, the Hochschule für Musik in of the Opéra National de Lyon, Kammerakademie of Hannover, the Conservatory of Antwerpen, the Potsdam, Zürich Kammerorchester, Balthasar Chinese Culture University of Taipei (Taiwan), the Neumann Ensemble, Australian Brandenburg Conservatory of Sydney (Australia), the Kùks Orchestra, L'Arpa Festante, Recreation-Grosses Residence in the Czech Republic, the Zürich Orchester of Graz, Attersee-Akademie Orchestra, Opera House, the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole ensemble Resonanz, European Union Baroque and as the Italian representative of the jury in 2009, Orchestra (EUBO), Il Complesso Barocco, Holland at the auditions for the European Union Baroque Baroque Society and the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra (EUBO). Orchestra, of which he was the associate conductor between 2008 and 2011. Riccardo’s recording of Biber’s Rosenkranz Sonaten was a finalist at the Midem Classical Award in Invited by Kent Nagano, Riccardo performed as Cannes as album of the year in 2009. The recording concertmaster at the Belcanto
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