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Program Notes by Eric Bromberger
PROGRAM NOTES BY ERIC BROMBERGER Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor, Op. 3, No. 10, RV 580 ANTONIO VIVALDI b. March 4, 1678; Venice, Italy d. July 27 or 28, 1741; Venice, Italy Composed 1711 Performance Time 10 minutes In the early years of the eighteenth century, Vivaldi held the rather modest position of director of a conservatory for homeless girls in Venice, but his compositions were carrying his name throughout Europe. In 1711, he published a collection of twelve violin concertos under the title L’Estro armonico, translated variously as “The Spirit of Harmony” or “Harmonious Inspiration.” Significantly, Vivaldi chose to have this set published in Amsterdam, and for two good reasons: printing techniques there were superior to any available in Italy and, perhaps more important, his music was extremely popular in northern Europe. Each of the concertos of L’Estro armonico is a concerto grosso, in which one or more violin soloists is set against a main body of strings and harpsichord continuo. The intent in these concertos is not so much virtuosic display (though they are difficult enough, certainly) as it is in making contrast between the sound of the solo instruments and the main body of strings. The twelve concertos of L’Estro armonico quickly became popular and influential in northern Europe. Bach knew this music very well, and – if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – paid Vivaldi the immense compliment of transcribing six of these concertos for different instruments and using them as his own (a practice that would be highly questionable today but which was viewed more generously three centuries ago): the present Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor became Bach’s Concerto for Four Claviers in A Minor, BWV 1065. -
Locatelli, Campagnoli, Ernst: Three Composers Under Paganini's Shadow
Fine Arts International Journal Srinakharinwirot University Vol. 15 No. 1 January - June 2011 Violin Recital The Unknown Violin Virtuoso - Locatelli, Campagnoli, Ernst: three composers under Paganini’s shadow. Mathias Boegner Department of Western Music Faculty of Fine Arts, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand Corresponding author: [email protected], [email protected] Introduction In modern violin pedagogy we are aware Recently I followed two recommendations of skills and achievements from a few hundred from teachers and colleagues: From the famous years – nevertheless, various features are more pedagogue Prof. Max Rostal in Switzerland, well-known or famous than others, regardless to practice the Divertimenti by Campagnoli, their actual importance and impact. With all to improve safer intonation; and from my Italian respect to our great and unique icon Paganini, colleague Prof. Enzo Porta, to look for the some insight has been ascribed to his personality Caprices by Locatelli, in search for the so-called while in fact some of his colleagues found those “Labyrinth” in David Oistrakh’s performance. roots: Pietro Locatelli, one of the three violinist- My third third issue is the practicing of the works composers focused on here, has included the by Ernst, for climbing and challenging the violin complete demands of Paganini’s Caprices op.1 skills. in his own Caprices op. 3, long before Paganini 2 Fine Arts International Journal, Srinakharinwirot University was born. This concludes that the modernization II) His works and style of the violin building and the Tourte bow at III) The “Art of the Violin”, 24 Caprices Paganini’s time basically did not have to do with op. -
Il Labirinto Armonico PIETRO LOCATELLI | Three Violin Concertos ILYA GRINGOLTS FINNISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
ILYA GRINGOLTS il labirinto armonico PIETRO LOCATELLI | three violin concertos ILYA GRINGOLTS FINNISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA BIS-2245 LOCATELLI, Pietro (1695—1764) Three Violin Concertos from L’Arte del violino Concerto in G major, Op. 3 No. 9 19'07 1 I. Allegro — Capriccio 7'47 2 II. Largo 4'14 3 III. Allegro — Capriccio 6'58 Concerto in A major, Op. 3 No. 11 18'00 4 I. Allegro — Capriccio 6'23 5 II. Largo 4'14 6 III. Andante — Capriccio 7'14 Concerto in D major, Op. 3 No. 12 23'42 ‘Il Labirinto Armonico. Facilis aditus, difficilis exitus’ 7 I. Allegro — Capriccio 7'14 8 II. Largo — Presto — Adagio 3'18 9 III. Allegro — Capriccio 13'04 TT: 61'49 Ilya Gringolts violin & direction Finnish Baroque Orchestra 2 ietro Antonio Locatelli was born in Bergamo on 3rd September 1695, the first of seven children of Filippo Andrea Locatelli and Lucia Crocchi [or PTrotta, Trotti]. Little is known of his musical education, though he may well have studied at the ‘Accademia’ of the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Bergamo, where there were five-year courses in the humanities, counterpoint and instrumental playing given by a violinist at the Basilica, for instance Ludovico Ferronati. In 1711 Locatelli explained in a letter how he used to practise in the choir loft of Santa Maria Maggiore to improve his violin-playing. In the same letter he applied (suc- cessfully) for the position of third violinist with the Cappella – without pay! As early as the end of 1711 he left Bergamo forever and moved to Rome, where Corelli was the ‘main attraction’ for violinists. -
An Exploration of Violin Repertoire from the Baroque Era to Present Day by Christina M. Adams a Dissertation
Versatile Violin: An Exploration of Violin Repertoire from the Baroque Era to Present Day by Christina M. Adams A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (Music: Performance) in the University of Michigan 2018 Doctoral Committee: Professor Aaron Berofsky, Chair Professor Richard Aaron Professor Evan Chambers Professor Colleen Conway Assistant Professor Kathryn Votapek Professor Terry Wilfong Christina M. Adams [email protected] ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1470-9921 © Christina M. Adams 2018 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge my professors for their wisdom and guidance, as this project would not have been possible without them; My parents, Liz and John, for their endless support; And my husband, Sungho, for his constant encouragement. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii LIST OF FIGURES iv ABSTRACT v RECITAL 1 1 Recital 1 Program 1 Recital 1 Program Notes 2 RECITAL 2 Recital 2 Program 11 Recital 2 Program Notes 12 RECITAL 3 Recital 3 Program 20 Recital 3 Program Notes 21 BIBLIOGRAPHY 30 iii LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 1.1 String Quartet (1931)- Andante 8 2.1 “The Later Folia” 13 2.2 “Staccato-Legato” 14 2.3 “The Devil’s Trill” 19 3.1 Sonata no. 2- “Blues” 25 3.2 The Fire Hose Reel- “Siren” 26 3.3 “Shuffle Step” from String Circle 28 iv ABSTRACT Three violin recitals were given in lieu of a written dissertation. The selections in these recitals explore the violin’s versatility. The first recital Wonder Women: Works by Female Composers was comprised of works by Louise Farrenc, Lili Boulanger, Augusta Read Thomas, Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. -
Repertoire Performed Or Recorded Sorted by Composer Birth Year
Robbie Padilla: Repertoire Performed or Recorded Sorted by composer birth year. This list is current as of February 27, 2021. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) b. 1580s Voice The Silver Swan (1612) Henry Purcell (1659-1695) b. 1650s Alto Saxophone Two Boureés (trans. Sigurd Rascher) Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) b. 1680s Bassoon Sonata in E-flat Major, TWV 41:EsA1 (1728, ed. Közreadja) Bassoon/Trombone Sonata in F Minor, TWV 41:f1 (1728, ed. Robert Veyron-Lacroix) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Solo Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846 (1722) Prelude and Fugue in C# Major, BWV 848 (1722) Prelude and Fugue in C# Minor, BWV 849 (1722) Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 850 (1722) Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 854 (1722) Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 881 (1742) Viola Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1014 (1723, ed. Eric Gustafson) George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Voice Sì, tra i ceppi from Berenice, HWV 38 (1737) Flute Sonata in E Minor, Op. 1, No. 1b, HWV 359b (1724) Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S D935 (1715, ed. Richard Lauschmann) (I. Allegro…) Euphonium/Tuba Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 1, No. 2 (1732, arr. Michael D. Blostein) Padilla Repertoire List, page 1 Johann Ernst Galliard (1687-1747) Trombone Sonata No. 1 (1733, ed. Keith Brown) Tuba Galliard Suite (arr. Michael J. Coldren) Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) b. 1730s Solo Sonata in C Major, Hob.XVI:50 (1795) Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741-1816) b. 1740s Voice Plaisir d’amour (1784) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) b. -
Cavalleria Rusticana Pagliacci
Pietro Mascagni - Ruggero Leoncavallo Cavalleria rusticana PIETRO MASCAGNI Òpera en un acte Llibret de Giovanni Targioni -Tozzetti i Guido Menasci Pagliacci RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO Òpera en dos actes Llibret i música de Ruggero Leoncavallo 5 - 22 de desembre Temporada 2019-2020 Temporada 1 Patronat de la Fundació del Gran Teatre del Liceu Comissió Executiva de la Fundació del Gran Teatre del Liceu President d’honor President Joaquim Torra Pla Salvador Alemany Mas President del patronat Vocals representants de la Generalitat de Catalunya Salvador Alemany Mas Mariàngela Vilallonga Vives, Francesc Vilaró Casalinas Vicepresidenta primera Vocals representants del Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte Mariàngela Vilallonga Vives Amaya de Miguel Toral, Antonio Garde Herce Vicepresident segon Vocals representants de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona Javier García Fernández Joan Subirats Humet, Marta Clarí Padrós Vicepresident tercer Vocal representant de la Diputació de Barcelona Joan Subirats Humet Joan Carles Garcia Cañizares Vicepresidenta quarta Vocals representants de la Societat del Gran Teatre del Liceu Núria Marín Martínez Javier Coll Olalla, Manuel Busquet Arrufat Vocals representants de la Generalitat de Catalunya Vocals representants del Consell de Mecenatge Francesc Vilaró Casalinas, Àngels Barbarà Fondevila, Àngels Jaume Giró Ribas, Luis Herrero Borque Ponsa Roca, Pilar Fernández Bozal Secretari Vocals representants del Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte Joaquim Badia Armengol Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, Amaya de Miguel Toral, Santiago de Director general -
Ceriani Rowan University Email: [email protected]
Nineteenth-Century Music Review, 14 (2017), pp 211–242. © Cambridge University Press, 2016 doi:10.1017/S1479409816000082 First published online 8 September 2016 Romantic Nostalgia and Wagnerismo During the Age of Verismo: The Case of Alberto Franchetti* Davide Ceriani Rowan University Email: [email protected] The world premiere of Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana on 17 May 1890 immediately became a central event in Italy’s recent operatic history. As contemporary music critic and composer, Francesco D’Arcais, wrote: Maybe for the first time, at least in quite a while, learned people, the audience and the press shared the same opinion on an opera. [Composers] called upon to choose the works to be staged, among those presented for the Sonzogno [opera] competition, immediately picked Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana as one of the best; the audience awarded this composer triumphal honours, and the press 1 unanimously praised it to the heavens. D’Arcais acknowledged Mascagni’smeritsbut,inthesamearticle,alsourgedcaution in too enthusiastically festooning the work with critical laurels: the dangers of excessive adulation had already become alarmingly apparent in numerous ill-starred precedents. In the two decades prior to its premiere, several other Italian composers similarly attained outstanding critical and popular success with a single work, but were later unable to emulate their earlier achievements. Among these composers were Filippo Marchetti (Ruy Blas, 1869), Stefano Gobatti (IGoti, 1873), Arrigo Boito (with the revised version of Mefistofele, 1875), Amilcare Ponchielli (La Gioconda, 1876) and Giovanni Bottesini (Ero e Leandro, 1879). Once again, and more than a decade after Bottesini’s one-hit wonder, D’Arcais found himself wondering whether in Mascagni ‘We [Italians] have finally [found] … the legitimate successor to [our] great composers, the person 2 who will perpetuate our musical glory?’ This hoary nationalist interrogative returned in 1890 like an old-fashioned curse. -
Album Booklet
Fauré, Chausson & Satie Piano Trios Ernest Chausson (1855–1899) Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3 1. Pas trop lent [10:03] 2. Vite [4:00] Fidelio Trio 3. Assez lent [7:15] 4. Animé [8:42] Darragh Morgan violin Adi Tal cello Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) Mary Dullea piano Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 5. Allegro, ma non troppo [6:08] 6. Andanno [8:45] 7. Allegro vivo [4:46] Erik Sae (1866–1925) arr. John White 8. Prière pour le salut de mon âme from Messe des Pauvres [3:29] Le Piège de Méduse 9. Quadrille [0:44] 10. Valse [0:46] 11. Pas vite [0:38] About the Fidelio Trio: 12. Mazurka [0:26] 13. Un peu vif [0:16] ‘[...] their interpretative touch is secure, their rapport instinctive. Together 14. Polka [0:27] with their eloquence and passion, this all adds up to something special’ 15. Quadrille [0:25] Gramophone ‘[...] the Fidelio Trio plays it with such delicacy of touch and suavity of tone Total playing me [57:01] that its Frenchness and its closeness to the Ravel coupling are never in doubt’ The Strad Fauré, Chausson & Sae: Piano Trios Chausson’s file that ‘aer failing to gain admission to the Prix de Rome compeon, Ernest Chausson (1855–1899) came from he wanted to have nothing more to do with an affluent family and following the wishes the Conservatoire. Very intelligent and of his parents, he inially studied law and independent.’ Disappointed by the result qualified as a barrister in 1877. But this was but even more resolved to create his first not the career he wanted: Chausson’s major work, Chausson le Paris to spend inclinaons were arsc rather than legal the summer in Switzerland. -
Francisco Tárrega (1852 – 1909
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ PRÓ-REITORIA DE PESQUISA E PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO FACULDADE DE EDUCAÇÃO PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO CURSO DE DOUTORADO EM EDUCAÇÃO BRASILEIRA MARCO TULIO FERREIRA DA COSTA O VIOLÃO CLUBE DO CEARÁ HABITUS E FORMAÇÃO MUSICAL Fortaleza – CE 2010 MARCO TULIO FERREIRA DA COSTA O VIOLÃO CLUBE DO CEARÁ: HABITUS E FORMAÇÃO MUSICAL Tese de Doutorado submetida a defesa junto à Linha de Pesquisa: Educação, Currículo e Ensino / Eixo Temático Ensino de Música do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Brasileira da Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC. Orientador: Professor Doutor Luiz Botelho Albuquerque Fortaleza – CE 2010 C874v Costa, Marco Túlio Ferreira da. O Violão Clube do Ceará: habitus e formação musical. / Marco Túlio Ferreira da Costa. – Fortaleza (CE), 2010. 131f. : il.; 31 cm. Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação, Fortaleza (CE), 2010. Orientação: Prof. Dr. Luiz Botelho Albuquerque. 1- VIOLÃO - ESTUDO E ENSINO. 2 – VIOLÃO CLUBE DO CEARÁ - HISTÓRIA E CRÍTICA. 3- MÚSICA - ESTUDO E ENSINO – FORTALEZA (CE). 4- EDUCAÇÃO MUSICAL. 5- CULTURA E EDUCAÇÃO. 6 - ARTES - ESTUDO E ENSINO – FORTALEZA (CE). I - Albuquerque, Luiz Botelho (Orient). II - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação. III – Título. CDD: 787.87 07 MARCO TÚLIO FERREIRA DA COSTA O VIOLÃO CLUBE DO CEARÁ HABITUS E FORMAÇÃO MUSICAL Área de Concentração: Ensino em Música APROVADO EM ____/_____/______ BANCA EXAMINADORA _________________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Luiz Botelho Albuquerque (UFC) Presidente da Banca _________________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Carlos Velásquez Rueda Examinador (UNIFOR) _________________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Elvis de Azevedo Mattos Examinador (UFC) _________________________________________________________ Profa Dra Ana Maria Iório Dias Examinadora (UFC) _________________________________________________________ Prof. -
Historical Verism in Ruggero Leoncavallo's I Medici
Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ no. 47 (4/2020), 139–155 DOI 10.4467/23537094KMMUJ.20.045.13918 www.ejournals.eu/kmmuj https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0122-1609 Agata Czemerys THE CHOPIN UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW History Enchanted in Music – Historical Verism in Ruggero Leoncavallo’s I Medici Abstract My study of the historical opera I Medici focuses on an analysis of the work’s dramaturgy. In my opinion, the libretto is the key to understand- ing operatic dramas; it constitutes their primary foundation, on which the subsequent semantic layers of this naturally syncretic musical genre are constructed. In my paper I have therefore analysed the individual components of the libretto, with special emphasis on the persons of the drama, their personality traits, as well as their musical representations in Leoncavallo’s work. Analysis of the dramaturgical aspects of the opera is an essential first step to a consideration of the musical layer, which lies at the heart of my research. In my paper, I have followed the path mapped out by musicologist Luca Zoppelli; however, his work is only the starting point for a more detailed study of the opera’s expressive qualities and the procedures applied for the musical representation of veristic ideas. Verity – not only in the historical sense – becomes a leading category which unifies 139 Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ, No. 47 (4/2020) the opera at every level, from its original source recorded in the chronicles to the composer’s presentation of the story. Keywords Ruggero Leoncavallo, -
Baroque 1590-1750 Classical 1750-1820
Period Year Opera Composer Notes A pastoral drama featuring a Dafne new style of sung dialogue, 1597 Jacopo Peri more expressive than speech but less melodious than song The first opera to survive 1600 Euridice Jacopo Peri in tact The earliest opera still 1607 Orfeo Claudio Monteverdi performed today Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria Claudio Monteverdi 1639 (The Return of Ulysses) L’incoronazione di Poppea 1643 (The Coronation of Poppea) Claudio Monteverdi 1647 Ofeo Luigi Rossi 1649 Giasone Francesco Cavalli 1651 La Calisto Francesco Cavalli 1674 Alceste Jean-Baptiste Lully 1676 Atys Jean-Baptiste Lully Venus and Adonis John Blow Considered the first English 1683 opera 1686 Armide Jean-Baptiste Lully 1689 Dido and Aeneas Henry Purcell Baroque 1590-1750 1700 L’Eraclea Alessandro Scarlatti 1710 Agrippina George Frederick Handel 1711 Rinaldo George Frederick Handel 1721 Griselda Alesandro Scarlatti 1724 Giulio Cesere George Frederick Handel 1728 The Beggar’s Opera John Gay 1731 Acis and Galatea George Frederick Handel La serva padrona 1733 (The Servant Turned Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Mistress) 1737 Castor and Pollux Jean-Philippe Rameau 1744 Semele George Frederick Handel 1745 Platee Jean-Philippe Rameau La buona figliuola 1760 (The Good-natured Girl) Niccolò Piccinni 1762 Orfeo ed Euridice Christoph Willibald Gluck 1768 Bastien und Bastienne Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart’s first opera Il mondo della luna 1777 (The World on the Moon) Joseph Haydn 1779 Iphigénie en Tauride Christoph Willibald Gluck 1781 Idomeneo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart’s -
Mark Hilliard Wilson St
X ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL X SEATTLE X 9 APRIL 2021 X 6:30 PM X MUSICAL PRAYER mark hilliard wilson St. James Cathedral Guitarist Notes by Mark Hilliard Wilson Renewal and Redemption, Part 2 We are now at the one-year anniversary of the weekly Musical Prayer at Saint James Cathedral and I am so incredibly grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts and music here at St. James. It’s been a very tough year in so many ways. Last year’s theme for the first musical prayer was “Renewal,” and tonight, I play an updated program with the added theme of redemption. More and more people are getting vaccinated which means we are getting closer and closer to a chance to actually meet in person. Longer days, occasionally even warm ones, and a sense of a more predictable course of action with our government feels like a collective lowering of the blood pressure. My program is a celebration of our ability to navigate hard times. It’s been a tough year and I’ve chosen music that reflects vehicles of renewal, whether found in prayer Oracion( de la Mañana), or nature (Wild Mountain Thyme), in reflection Charme( de la nuit), or even dance! (Thoor Ballylee, it’s like a jig, but is actually a celebration of the castle the poet Yeats lived in for a few years with his family). Oracion de la Mañana, Op. 39, No. 1 “Morning Prayer” Pyotr Tchaikovsky 1840–1893 transcribed by María Luisa Anido A prayer for tomorrow speaks for itself. Keep Praying! It seems like it's worked! Prelude No.