35th SEASON Corelli and the Roman School

Accademia Hermans Fabio Ciofiniharpsichord and direction

Saturday 23 November 2019 Alix Goolden Hall 2019-20 Concert Season Corelli and the Roman School

FABIO CECCARELLI traverso: C. Palanca (Torino c.a. 1750) 2013 copy by M. Wenner

Christmas The Four Seasons ALESSANDRA MONTANI violoncello : 1740 Boiven/Grasset original in Colonial Latin America 22 February 2020 Saturday 8pm 21 December 2019 Saturday 8pm Alix Goolden Hall FABIO CIOFINI clavicembalo St. Andrew’s Cathedral (740 View St.) Concerto Köln (GERMANY) El Mundo (CALIFORNIA) Shunske Sato violin Richard Savino guitar and direction Pietro Locatelli (Bergamo 1695 – Amsterdam 1764) Vivaldi in Paris Sonata IV Op. 2 in G Major for traverso and basso continuo 14 March 2020 Saturday 8pm Adagio, Allegro, Largo, Allegro Bach and Buxtehude Alix Goolden Hall 4 January 2020 Saturday 8pm Arcangelo Corelli (Fusignano 1653 – Rome 1713) Martin Bernstein recorder (USA) Concerto VIII op. 6 Arranged for harpsichord by Thomas Billington (1754-1832) Chapel of the New Jerusalem Vivace-Grave-Allegro, Allegro, Adagio, Vivace, Allegro, Pastorale at Christ Church Cathedral Anna Marsh bassoon Chloe Kim violin Byron Schenkman harpsichord Pietro Castrucci (Rome 1679 – Dublin 1751) Martin Bonham viol Sonata X op. 1 in B minor for violin (or traverso) and cello or harpsichord Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro Michael Jarvis harpsichord Plaisirs de la Chambre 18 April 2020 Saturday 8pm INTERMISSION If Music be the Food of Love Alix Goolden Hall 11 January 2020 Saturday 8pm Emma Hannan soprano Corelli/Anon. Alix Goolden Hall Victoria Baroque (PACIFIC NORTHWEST) Sonata IV op. 5 in G Major for traverso and basso continuo The Baltimore Consort(USA) Soile Stratkauskas flute and direction Adagio, Allegro, Vivace, Adagio, Allegro

Francesco Geminiani (Lucca 1687 – Dublin 1762) Sonata V op. 5 in F Major violoncello and basso continuo Adagio, Allegro moderato, Adagio, Allegro

Corelli Concerto III op. 6 Arranged for harpsichord by Billington Largo, Allegro, Grave, Vivace, Allegro

Locatelli Sonata X op. 2 in G major for traverso and basso continuo Largo, Allegro, Minuetto (con variazioni)

3 Programme Notes The Artists

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) was one of the most and published a set of concerti grossi and three collections Accademia Hermans churches, curating the artistic direction of two Festivals: important figures in baroque music. He was instrumental, of sonatas. The work on this evening’s concert is taken Accademia Hermans was founded in 2000 by artistic “Parco n… Musica” in Valnerina and “Musica e Musei” in through his playing, teaching and composing, in making from his Op. 1, a collection of twelve violin sonatas director Fabio Ciofini, attracting young instrumentalists the principal museums of the Region. the violin the dominant melody instrument of the era and published in 1718, and is performed this evening on flute. and singers eager to master the Early Music repertoire. The group has performed concerts for the most subsequent eras. He produced three sets of trio sonatas, His compositional style, not surprisingly, is characterized The Ensemble enjoys support from the Italian and prestigious associations and Festivals of Early Music in one of violin sonatas and a collection of concerti grossi, by a Handelian nobility. international communities and collaborations with Italy and abroad (Netherlands, Serbia, Switzerland, Poland, all of them carefully polished prior to publication. These The first teacher of Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) acclaimed singers and instrumentalists such as Enrico Spain, Portugal, Germany, England, Finland, Canada, compositions were regarded as exemplars of the Italian was Alessandro Scarlatti, but he subsequently studied violin Gatti, Marcello Gatti, Gloria Banditelli, Sergio Foresti, Japan, Mexico and the United States). baroque style, just as the music of Lully was regarded as with Corelli. After short stints working in his native Lucca Mario Cecchetti, Mirko Guadagnini, Roberta Invernizzi, It has a continuing collaboration with the Festival Villa the apex of the French style. He arrived in Rome in about and as leader of the Neapolitan opera orchestra, he migrated Bart Van Oort, Roberta Mameli. Solomei and is the Orchestra in Residence of the Teatro 1675 while still a young man and spent the rest of his to England. He earned a living as a violinist, teacher, and Accademia Hermans has recorded the Sei Concerti Cucinelli in Solomeo di Corciano. life there. His music, however, was popular throughout composer. He collaborated with Handel, among others. Armonici by Unico Willem Van Wassenaer for Europe. The British had a particular affection for his He was also the author of The Art of Playing the Violin, an Bongiovanni, in collaboration with the Orfeo Ensemble Fabio Ciofini music and it remained popular in Britain until the end of invaluable source of information on the baroque style of of Spoleto on the key edition of Albert Dunning. For Fabio Ciofini studied organ, piano, and fortepiano at eighteenth century, by which time baroque music was out performing on the violin. Geminiani was known for his Tactus, it has recorded the organ symphonies and concerts the Conservatory of Perugia with W. Van de Pol, M.F. of style everywhere else in Europe. dramatic style of playing and was known by some as Il of Gaetano Valeri in collaboration with organist, Luca Spaventi and C. Veneri; he also took harpsichord at the A native of Bergamo, Pietro Antonio Loccatelli (1695- Furibondo (the madman). In addition to many sonatas and Scandali. For Bottega Discantica, in 2006 it released the School of Music in Fiesole with A. Fedi. He continued his 1764) arrived in Rome in 1711 shortly before the death of concerti for violin, he published Sonates Pour le Violoncelle CD “Il più misero amante”, recorded in the frescoed organ studies at Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam Corelli. He may have studied with the great master but, et Basse Continue (1756) as his op. 5. The sonata on this hall of the Palazzo Castelli in Polino (TR) and in 2008, with J. Van Oortmerssen. in any case, he became one of the premier violin virtuosi evening’s performance in from this collection. a CD of the music of Vivaldi (Gloria, Stabat Mater e In 1995 he was appointed “Organist titulaire” in of the eighteenth century. Like many of his compatriots As noted above, Corelli’s music was phenomenally Dixit Dominus). In 2009, a monographic CD of Teleman Collescipoli on the historical baroque organ W. Hermans he went north to seek his fortune. After spending time popular in England throughout the eighteenth century. was released (concerts for various instruments), recorded (1678). He appears regularly at recitals in Europe, North in Germany, he settled in Amsterdam in 1729 and was Early in the century, Roger North, the famous early as part of the Festival “Parco in… Musica 2007” held America, and Asia and often guest performs at important resident there until his death. There he made a good living musicologist, wrote that, “It is wonderfull to observe what at the’Abbazia di San Pietro in Valle di Ferentillo (TR). festivals (for example, Lufthansa Festival, Oude Muziek - as teacher, performer and seller of violin strings. He was so a skratching of Correlli [sic] there is everywhere—nothing Mozart’s Requiem was recorded in the church of Solomeo Utrecht, Vantaa Baroque Festival). He also gives lectures jealous of his ability that he would not allow professional will relish but Corelli.” His violin sonatas were arranged (PG) in 2011 for “Mozart - Concerts K.466 and K.467” and organ masterclasses at international institutions and musicians to attend his performances lest they learn from for instruments popular in England, such as the transverse with Bart Van Oort, produced by the Cucinelli Foundation festivals. He receives much praise for his interpretations of him. Instead, rich amateur musicians would play with flute. In the 1730s, John Reading (c. 1685-1764) and published by Bottega Discantica. The recording was early music. him, paying for the privilege. arranged one of Corelli’s violin sonatas for harpsichord. judged “exceptional” (5 stars) by Musica magazine. 2014 Ciofini has recorded and performed for many Although this evening’s programme is devoted to Even in the last decades of the century there was enough saw the release of Haydn’s Stabat Mater. In 2012 as part important European national radio stations (BBC, ZDF, Corelli and the Roman School, there is a strong connection interest in his music for Thomas Billington (1754-1832) of the Bolzano Festival, for Brilliant Classics Accademia YLE, RAI). His labels include Bottega Discantica (Milan), of much of the music to England. Pietro Castrucci (1679- to publish an arrangement of Corelli’s Op. 6 concerti Hermans recorded “Scherzi Musicali” featuring the work of Loft Recordings (Seattle), Brilliant Classics (Amsterdam), 1752) was one of Corelli’s violin students. Castrucci grossi: Corelli’s Celebrated Twelve Concertos, Adapted for the 17th C Abbot Agostino Steffani. Also for Brilliant Classics, and Glossa (Madrid). met Handel in Italy, where both belonged to the circle Organ, Harpsichord or Piano Forte, Op. IX was published “Abendmusik” was released featuring the baritone, Mauro As Director of Accademia Hermans, he has worked of Francesco Maria Ruspoli. Castrucci followed Handel in London sometime after 1782. Fun fact: Billington Borgioni. Recently, the group has made several recordings with many well-known soloists: violinist Enrico Gatti, the to England in 1715 and was established as the leader of arranged the Dead March from Handel’s Saul as a four- for Bottega Discantica (Recycled Vivaldi; La Serenissima). soprano Roberta Invernizzi, the fortepianist Bart Van Oort Handel’s orchestra by 1718. He stayed in that position part glee. In 2016 it released "Queens - G.F. Händel” (with Roberta (with whom he recorded the concertos KV 466 and 467 until 1737. Castrucci was a composer as well as a violinist — James Young Invernizzi for the international label Glossa) which earned of WA Mozart for piano and orchestra, judged by critics high praise by international critics. as "exceptional" - 5 stars, Music magazine) etc. His latest Accademia Hermans carries out intense activities in work, Corelli’s Opus 4, recorded with the Ensemble Aurora the promotion of Early Music in the region of Umbria: (Glossa) won the "Diapason d'oro" and the "Deutschen organising courses, recording in historic palaces and Schallplattenkritik".

4 5 Ciofini teaches historical keyboards at the Briccialdi Montani has made broadcast recordings for several Conservatory and since 2010, has been Artistic stations in Italy, Germany, and Spain, enjoying the Director of the Foundation Brunello and Federica opportunity to play on a Stradivarius cello. Between Rome Cucinelli in Perugia. Quartet and Accademia Hermans, she appears on more than two dozen CDs; she currently teaches at the Dante Alessandra Montani Alighieri Institute of Viterbo in Italy. Alessandra Montani studied with Francesco Pepicelli Fabio Ceccarelli studied modern flute with F. Chirivì, and graduated with Honours in 1996 from Morlacchi graduating in 1986 from the Briccialdi Musical Institute Conservatory in Perugia in 1996. She continued her in Terni. He went on to study, under Marcello Gatti, in studies with Mario Brunello (Accademia Chigiana un the Ancient Music Department of Vicenza’s Pedrollo Siena), Marianne Chen (Centro Sammarinese Studi Conservatory, graduating magna cum laude. Collaboration Musicali), Rocco Filippini, Pier Narciso Masi (Imola with orchestras and chamber ensembles and masterclasses Musica Academy), Dario de Rosa, and with Kuijken, Hugget, Grazzi, Franco Rossi. In 2007, she graduated from the Balestracci, and Koopmann has contributed to awards Instituto Musicale Pareggiato Briccialdi, earning teaching at many domestic and international competitions. credentials in 2010. As a soloist with Accademia Hermans, Ceccarelli has As a member of Rome Quartet in 2003, Montani has performed throughout the world. He has recordings with been invited to the festival and concert circuits of many Bottega Discantica (Milano), currently teaches at Spoleto’s countries, giving masterclasses along the way. In 2000, Onofri Civic Musical Institute, and is Artistic Director of For advance notice of EMSI concerts and performers, she discovered a passion for the Ancient Music repertoire Antique Music Festival “Parco in… Musica”. subscribe to the EMSI newsletter: and technique, studying with Gaetano Nasillo at Milan’s Scuola Civica. Text supplied courtesy of Accademia Hermans www.earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca

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