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Lucrezia Vizzana's Componimenti
“READING BETWEEN THE BRIDES”: LUCREZIA VIZZANA’S COMPONIMENTI MUSICALI IN TEXTUAL AND MUSICAL CONTEXT BY Copyright 2011 KATRINA MITCHELL Submitted to the graduate degree program in the School of Music and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. _________________________________ Chairperson, Dr. Paul Laird _________________________________ Dr. Charles Freeman _________________________________ Dr. Thomas Heilke _________________________________ Dr. Deron McGee _________________________________ Dr. Roberta Freund Schwartz Date Defended: 9 June 2011 The Dissertation Committee for Katrina Mitchell certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation: “READING BETWEEN THE BRIDES”: LUCREZIA VIZZANA’S COMPONIMENTI MUSICALI IN TEXTUAL AND MUSICAL CONTEXT _________________________________ Chairperson, Dr. Paul Laird Date approved: 9 June 2011 ii ABSTRACT “Reading Between the Brides”: Lucrezia Vizzana’s Componimenti musicali in Textual and Musical Context There had never been a Bolognese nun known to have published her music when Lucrezia Vizzana’s Componimenti musicali was printed in 1623, nor has there been any since then. This set of twenty motets became a window into the musical world of cloistered nuns in the seventeenth century. Following the research of Craig Monson in Disembodied Voices: Music and Culture in an Early Modern Italian Convent (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995), this project identifies similarities and differences present in Vizzana’s motets using a number of clarifying means not yet explored. Looking at each work in detail, we are able to surmise some favorite musical devices of Vizzana and how they fit in with other monodists of the day. This project fills a specific lacuna in that ten of the twenty motets are not known to be published in modern notation and are available here for the first time in that form. -
14 January 2011 Page 1 of 9
Radio 3 Listings for 8 – 14 January 2011 Page 1 of 9 SATURDAY 08 JANUARY 2011 05:37AM virtuosity, but it's quite possible he wrote this concerto to play Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) himself. One early soloist commented that the middle SAT 01:00 Through the Night (b00wx4v1) Alma Dei creatoris (K.277) movement was 'too clever by half', but it's the finale that's The Genius of Mozart, presented by John Shea Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss (soprano); Annelies Burmeister (mezzo); catches most attention today, as it suddenly lurches into the Eberhard Büchner (tenor); Leipzig Radio Chorus & Symphony 'Turkish' (or more accurately Hungarian-inspired) style - and 01:01AM Orchestra), Herbert Kegel (conductor) the nickname has stuck. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Thamos, König in Ägypten (K.345) 05:43AM Conductor Garry Walker is no stranger to Mozart, last season Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; cond. by John Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) he visited the St David's Festival in West Wales with the Eliot Gardiner 16 Minuets (K.176) (excerpts) Nos.1-4 orchestra, taking the 'Haffner' symphony. Today he conducts Slovak Sinfonietta, cond. Tara Krysa the players in Symphony No. 25, written when Mozart was a 01:50AM teenager. It's his first symphony in a minor key, and maybe the Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) 05:51AM passion and turbulence we hear in the outer movements a young Piano Sonata in C minor (K. 457) (1784) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) man struggling out of his adolescence. Denis Burstein (piano) Quartet for strings in B flat major (K.458) "Hunt" Quatuor Mosaïques MOZART 02:15AM Violin Concerto No. -
Britten Spring Symphony Welcome Ode • Psalm 150
BRITTEN SPRING SYMPHONY WELCOME ODE • PSALM 150 Elizabeth Gale soprano London Symphony Chorus Alfreda Hodgson contralto Martyn Hill tenor London Symphony Orchestra Southend Boys’ Choir Richard Hickox Greg Barrett Richard Hickox (1948 – 2008) Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976) Spring Symphony, Op. 44* 44:44 For Soprano, Alto and Tenor solos, Mixed Chorus, Boys’ Choir and Orchestra Part I 1 Introduction. Lento, senza rigore 10:03 2 The Merry Cuckoo. Vivace 1:57 3 Spring, the Sweet Spring. Allegro con slancio 1:47 4 The Driving Boy. Allegro molto 1:58 5 The Morning Star. Molto moderato ma giocoso 3:07 Part II 6 Welcome Maids of Honour. Allegretto rubato 2:38 7 Waters Above. Molto moderato e tranquillo 2:23 8 Out on the Lawn I lie in Bed. Adagio molto tranquillo 6:37 Part III 9 When will my May come. Allegro impetuoso 2:25 10 Fair and Fair. Allegretto grazioso 2:13 11 Sound the Flute. Allegretto molto mosso 1:24 Part IV 12 Finale. Moderato alla valse – Allegro pesante 7:56 3 Welcome Ode, Op. 95† 8:16 13 1 March. Broad and rhythmic (Maestoso) 1:52 14 2 Jig. Quick 1:20 15 3 Roundel. Slower 2:38 16 4 Modulation 0:39 17 5 Canon. Moving on 1:46 18 Psalm 150, Op. 67‡ 5:31 Kurt-Hans Goedicke, LSO timpani Lively March – Lightly – Very lively TT 58:48 4 Elizabeth Gale soprano* Alfreda Hodgson contralto* Martyn Hill tenor* The Southend Boys’ Choir* Michael Crabb director Senior Choirs of the City of London School for Girls† Maggie Donnelly director Senior Choirs of the City of London School† Anthony Gould director Junior Choirs of the City of London School -
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
MONTEVERDI: VESPERS OF 1610 Monday 7 March 2016, 7.30pm London Concert Choir with Soloists and QuintEssential Conductor: Mark Forkgen Programme: £2 Welcome to St John’s Smith Square • In accordance with the requirements of Westminster City Council, persons shall not be permitted to sit or stand in any gangway. • The taking of photographs and use of recording equipment is strictly forbidden without formal consent from St John’s Smith Square. • Smoking is not permitted anywhere in St John’s Smith Square. • Refreshments are permitted only in The Footstool Restaurant (our café & restaurant in the crypt). • Please ensure that all digital watch alarms, pagers and mobile phones are switched off. • The Footstool Restaurant will serve interval and post-concert refreshments. · Programme note © Sabine Köllmann Programme designed by Stephen Rickett and edited by Eleanor Cowie London Concert Choir - A company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England with registered number 3220578 and registered charity number 1057242 Registered Office7 Ildersly Grove, Dulwich, London SE21 8EU St John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA Box Office 020 7222 1061 www.sjss.org.uk St John’s Smith Square Charitable Trust, registered charity no: 1045390. Registered in England. Company no: 3028678. Monday 7 March 2016 St John’s Smith Square MONTEVERDI: VESPERS OF 1610 Mark Forkgen Conductor Rachel Elliott and Rebecca Outram Soprano Nicholas Pritchard and Bradley Smith Tenor Giles Underwood and Colin Campbell Bass London Concert Choir QuintEssential ensemble There will be an INTERVAL of 20 minutes Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) VESPERS OF 1610 (Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610) THE COMPOSER In the history of Western music Claudio Monteverdi occupies an important position at the threshold between Renaissance and Baroque, and his Vespers of 1610, as the compilation of music for the evening service on Marian feast days is often referred to, represents a milestone in the development of modern music. -
Sum Mer Music
EX CATHEDRA excathedra.co.uk Mus er ic m m u S by Candlelight CHOIR | CONSORT | ORCHESTRA | EDUCATION ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR JEFFREY SKIDMORE Summer Music by Candlelight St Peter’s Church, Wolverhampton Saturday 5 June 2021, 5pm & 8pm Hereford Cathedral Wednesday 9 June 2021, 3pm & 7.30pm St John’s Smith Square, London Thursday 10 June 2021, 5pm & 8pm Symphony Hall, Birmingham Sunday 13 June 2021, 4pm Programme Hymnus Eucharisticus Benjamin Rogers (1614-1698) Iam lucis orto sidere 6th century plainchant The Windhover (Dawn Chorus, 2020) Liz Dilnot Johnson (b.1964) Sumer is icumen in 13th century English Cuckoo! (1936) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), arr. Jeffrey Skidmore Revecy venir du Printans Claude le Jeune (c.1528/1530-1600) READING - In defense of our overgrown garden - Matthea Harvey (b.1973) The Gallant Weaver (1997) James MacMillan (b.1959) READING - i thank You God most for this - e.e.cummings (1894-1962) Hymn to St Cecilia (1941- 42) Benjamin Britten READING - Gingo Biloba (1819) - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) Trois Chansons (1914-15) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) I Nicolette II Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis III Ronde READING - maggie and milly and molly and may - e.e.cummings La Mer (1943) Charles Trenet (1913-2001), arr. Jeffrey Skidmore Summer Holiday (1963) Bruce Welch (b.1941) and Brian Bennett (b.1940), arr. Jeffrey Skidmore anyone lived in pretty how town (2018) Geoff Haynes (b.1959) READING - The evening sun retreats along the lawn (Summer Requiem 2015) - Vikram Seth (b.1952) Saint Teresa’s Bookmark (2018) Penelope Thwaites (b.1944) Te lucis ante terminum 7th century plainchant Night Prayer (2016) Alec Roth (b.1948) We would like to offer our thanks for their help and support to: - The Rev Preb. -
Ex Cathedra Scholarships 2020-21
“one of Britain’s very best choirs” (New York Times) Choir І Consort І Orchestra І Education Jeffrey Skidmore OBE Artistic Director & Conductor Ex Cathedra Scholarships 2020-21 “Being a professional choral singer is such a unique vocation, with no real guide book on how to go about your work. Training with Ex Cathedra is that guide book which every young singer wants – lessons in how to be a professional in a safe, supportive environment.” (Ellie Sperling, 2018-19 Scholar) What is it: A year-long choral Scholarship, worth £4000, for 4 of the UK’s very best young singers Who is it for: Singers who will finish their degrees this summer, or have finished in the past 2-3 years, are not continuing in education, and are focussed on being professional singers Apply by: Friday 20 March 2020, 5pm Auditions: Friday 3 April 2020 - CBSO Centre, Birmingham (save the date) If you are shortlisted we will communicate the timetable to you on or by Friday 20 March. The day will include group workshops as well as an individual audition, so please save the whole day. About Ex Cathedra Ex Cathedra is a leading UK choir and Early Music ensemble, based in Birmingham. We explore, research and commission the finest choral music and aim to set the highest standards for excellence in performance and training. We perform perhaps the widest repertoire of any professional choir in the country – the best, the unfamiliar and the unexpected! Our 2019-20 Scholars have performed the Rachmaninoff Vespers, Bach Mass in B Minor, Bach St John Passion, Beethoven Missa Solemnis, recorded choral music by Penelope Thwaites and over the summer will be performing verse anthems alongside Fretwork viol Consort. -
Friday 8 May 2020
Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen (EX Tartar TRL 020) Grylls (TRUST MMT 2016) 2:00 approx ELGAR: Nursery Suite - New Zealand JOPLIN: Maple Leaf Rag; Magnetic Rag (2) SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166) - Elizabeth Hayes (pno) (QUARTZ QTZ 2005) COPLAND: Down a Country Lane - Saint Friday 8 May 2020 BECK: Sinfonia in G minor Op 3/3 - Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 77310) Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 5:00 approx 12:00 Music Through the Night 8.570799) BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - RAMEAU: The Entrance of Polyhymnia, GAY: Virgins Are Like The Fair Flow'r, from Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) from Les Boréades - Ensemble The Beggar's Opera - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), (Chandos CHAN 10977) Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon (Harmonia National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 475 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In the Fen Country - Mundi HMM902288) 459) London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden - DETT: Eight Bible Vignettes - Denver DCA 779) Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner Oldham (piano) (New World NW 367) ANONYMOUS: Masque Dances - Alison (CBC Records SMCD 5134) HAN KUN SHA: Shepherd's Song - Melville (recorder), Margaret Gay (cello), CIMAROSA: Concerto in G for two flutes - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308) Peter Lehman (theorbo), Valerie Weeks Mathieu Dufour (fl), Alex Klein (ob), Czech 3:00 approx (hpschd) (EBS EBS 6016) National SO/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - DELIUS arr Fenby: Serenade, from Hassan 90000 080) Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt), - Julian Lloyd Webber -
Walton - a List of Works & Discography
SIR WILLIAM WALTON - A LIST OF WORKS & DISCOGRAPHY Compiled by Martin Rutherford, Penang 2009 See end for sources and legend. Recording Venue Time Date Orchestra Conductor Performers No. Coy Co Catalogue No F'mat St Rel A BIRTHDAY FANFARE Description For Seven Trumpets and Percussion Completion 1981, Ischia Dedication For Karl-Friedrich Still, a neighbour on Ischia, on his 70th birthday First Performances Type Date Orchestra Conductor Performers Recklinghausen First 10-Oct-81 Westphalia SO Karl Rickenbacher Royal Albert Hall L'don 7-Jun-82 Kneller Hall G E Evans A LITANY - ORIGINAL VERSION Description For Unaccompanied Mixed Voices Completion Easter, 1916 Oxford First Performances Type Date Orchestra Conductor Performers Unknown Recording Venue Time Date Orchestra Conductor Performers No. Coy Co Cat No F'mat St Rel Hereford Cathedral 3.03 4-Jan-02 Stephen Layton Polyphony 01a HYP CDA 67330 CD S Jun-02 A LITANY - FIRST REVISION Description First revision by the Composer Completion 1917 First Performances Type Date Orchestra Conductor Performers Unknown Recording Venue Time Date Orchestra Conductor Performers No. Coy Co Cat No F'mat St Rel Hereford Cathedral 3.14 4-Jan-02 Stephen Layton Polyphony 01a HYP CDA 67330 CD S Jun-02 A LITANY - SECOND REVISION Description Second revision by the Composer Completion 1930 First Performances Type Date Orchestra Conductor Performers Unknown Recording Venue Time Date Orchestra Conductor Performers No. Coy Co Cat No F'mat St Rel St Johns, Cambridge ? Jan-62 George Guest St Johns, Cambridge 01a ARG ZRG -