CLÉA GALHANO’S FAREWELL Cléa Galhano, recorder and friends Donald Livingston, , Margaret Humphrey, baroque violin Tulio Róndon, baroque

May 19, 2021 Noon – 1pm Live streamed concert ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

TODAY’S PROGRAM

Pavane Lacrimae Jacob van Eyck (1644-c.1655) Pavane Lacrimae Johann Schop (1590-1667)

Sonata 7 Dario Castello (c. 1602-1631)

Canzona Tarquino Merula (1595-1665)

Fantazia in C Major G. Ph. Telemann (1681-1767) Sonata Sexta Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768) Largo Allegro, Adagio, Allegro, Allegro

Follia Variations Antonio Vivaldi (1671-1741)

Two Moments Kilza Setti (b. 1932)

Passarim Jobim/Paul Leenhouts (b. 1957)

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

Brazilian recorder player Cléa Galhano is an internationally renowned performer of early, contemporary and Brazilian music. Galhano has performed in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe as a chamber musician, collaborating with recorder player Marion Verbruggen, , Belladonna, Lanzelotte/Galhano Duo and Kingsbury Ensemble. As a featured soloist, Galhano has worked with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Musical Offering and Lyra . Among other important music festivals, Ms. Galhano has performed at the Boston Early Music Festival and at the Tage Alter Music Festival in Germany. Venues at which she has performed include Wigmore Hall in London, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall in New York, and Palazzo Santa Croce in Rome, always receiving acclaimed reviews. Galhano studied at Faculdade Santa Marcelina in , the Royal Conservatory (The Hague), and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, earning a LASPAU, Fulbright Scholarship and support from the Dutch government. Ms. Galhano recently received the prestigious 2013 McKnight fellowship award, and MSAB Cultural Collaborative and MSAB Arts Initiative grants. Currently, she is the Executive Artistic Director of the St. Paul Conservatory of Music and a faculty member at Macalester College, Music Director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest, and has recently been appointed Adjunct Lecturer in Music, Recorder at HPI, Jacobs School of Music, IU. Ms. Galhano has recordings available on Dorian, Ten Thousand Lakes and Eldorado labels and she is the recipient of the National Arts Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota

Violinist Margaret Humphrey maintains a vibrant freelance schedule as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra member, performing in ensembles in the US and Europe. Previously a 25 year core member of the Minnesota Orchestra, she now performs regularly with Lyra Baroque Orchestra, the Bach Society, Ensemble Carrissimi, and Tempesta is Mare in Philadelphia. A founding member of Belladonna Baroque quartet, she has toured throughout the US, Europe and Brazil. Cerulean Fire, her most recent ensemble, collaborates with dancers and percussionists crossing over genres to create dynamic performance experiences. Ms. Humphrey is also a member of the Kingsbury Ensemble in St. Louis as well as soloing yearly in the Ancient Music Series in St. Savin France. She has recorded on the Chondos, Dorian, Ten Thousand Lakes and Naxos labels.

Cellist and Gambist Tulio Rondón performs throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East as a soloist and chamber musician. Known for his vivid and passionate performances, he started his professional life early as principal cellist of the Aragua Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela. Tulio Rondón's performance career has taken him all over the world, sharing the stage with many internationally celebrated artists. Born in Venezuela, Tulio Rondón began his cello studies through El Sistema. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Simón Bolivar Conservatory, his Master of Music from Miami University (Oxford, OH), and Doctoral Degree in performance at the University of Arizona. Pursuing his strong interest in historic performance practice, he continued his studies in The , completing post- graduate studies on baroque cello and viola da gamba with and Rainer Zipperling at The Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Tulio Rondón is in demand as a chamber musician and early music specialist. Currently Tulio Rondón is the violoncello professor at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.

Keyboardist Donald Livingston collaborates with musicians from across the musical spectrum. Founding director of the Twin Cities Early Music Festival and director of Ensemble Sprezzatura, he has performed with such ensembles as Bach Sinfonia (Washington DC), Musica Antigua (Panama City), La Donna Musicale (Boston), Lyra Baroque (St. Paul), Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Phoenix Symphony, as well as with soloists and collaborators Cléa Galhano, Anton Nel, Jacques Ogg, Elisabeth Wright, Joel Frederiksen, Ryland Angel, Jed Wentz, Barthold Kuijken, and Dame Emma Kirkby. He has sung as a member of the Rose Ensemble, as well as with the Pro Arte Singers under the direction of Thomas Binkley and Paul Hillier at the Historical Performance Institute of the renowned Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where he received the Doctor of Music in historical keyboard performance. He recently left a positions as Lecturer of Organ and Harpsichord at the University of Texas Butler School of Music and organist at St. Martin's Lutheran Church to become organist at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis.

In addition to musical endeavors, Livingston holds the Juris Doctor degree from the Mitchell-Hamline College of Law, where his studies focused on copyright, entertainment and art law, and where he was a recipient of the CALI Award for Entertainment Law.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, and through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Additional funding is made possible by generous donations from Boss Foundation, Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation, Ecolab Foundation, Anna M. Heilmaier Foundation, the Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of HRK Foundation, the Twin Cities Opera Guild, and an anonymous donor.