AGOSTINO STEFFANI Duettii Da Camera Jory Vinikour, Harpsichord & Direction O Barbaro Amore Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) Duetti Da Camera
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O barbaro Amore AGOSTINO STEFFANI Duettii da camera Jory Vinikour, harpsichord & direction O barbaro Amore Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) Duetti da camera Andréanne Brisson Paquin, soprano Céline Ricci, mezzo-soprano José Lemos, countertenor Steven Soph, tenor Mischa Bouvier, baritone Deborah Fox, theorbo & guitar Jennifer Morsches , cello Jory Vinikour, harpsichord & direction 2 O barbaro Amore This program of duets is designed to tell a story. In È spento l’ardore the poet rejoices in freedom from “barbarous Love”, but after a while she is reminded of her “ex” (Saldi marmi ) and decides to find out whether Cupid is really that cruel ( Io voglio provar ). Smitten again ( Non so chi mi piagò ), she learns that the chains of love afford pleasure ( Placidissime catene ), but when her beloved is away she longs for reunion ( Lontananza crudel ) – her heart becomes a sea of torment ( Il mio seno ), her life unbearable ( Quando ti stringo ). However, when her lover returns, she has to beg for a kiss ( Labri belli ) and concludes that “for every daughter of Love there is one of Deceit” ( Occhi, perché piangete? ). -Colin Timms 1 È spento l’ardore – Andréanne Brisson Paquin, Mischa Bouvier ..................................6’20 2 Saldi marmi – Andréanne Brisson Paquin, Céline Ricci ....................................................9’36 3 Io voglio provar – Andréanne Brisson Paquin, Steven Soph ............................................6’16 4 Non so chi mi piagò – Andréanne Brisson Paquin, José Lemos ....................................7’19 5 Placidissime catene – Céline Ricci , José Lemos .......................................................................6’01 6 Lontananza crudel – Andréanne Brisson Paquin, Céline Ricci ....................................3’33 7 Il mio seno è un mar di pene – Céline Ricci , Steven Soph ............................................9’20 8 Quando ti stringo, o cara – Céline Ricci , José Lemos .......................................................3’11 9 Labri belli, dite un po – Céline Ricci , Mischa Bouvier ....................................................7’30 0 Occhi, perché piangete? – Andréanne Brisson Paquin, José Lemos ............................6’54 Total Time: 66’07 3 ezzo-soprano Céline Ricci has collaborated with some of the Mmost distinguished conductors in Baroque music, including William Christie, Nicholas McGegan and Martin Haselboeck. She has performed in many renowned theatres, such as the Paris Opéra Comique, the Mariinsky in St. Petersburg, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Berlin Staatsoper, the Lincoln Center in NYC, the Disney Hall in Los Angeles and at the Spoleto Festival. Céline has recorded numerous CDs and DVDs, and recently art-directed two CDs of French songs for American label Sono Luminus. Future engagements will bring Céline to the Teatro Real de Madrid and Musica Angelica in Los Angeles. Since 2015 she has revived and staged Ars Minerva’s productions of Daniele da Castrovillari’s La Cleopatra (1662), Carlo Pallavicino’s The Amazons in the Fortunate Isles (1679) and Pietro Andrea Ziani’s La Circe (1665). 4 razilian countertenor José Lemos is noted worldwide for his artistry in Bopera and concert. He won First Prize and Audience Prize in the 2003 International Baroque Singing Competition at Chimay, Belgium. He has sung a wide range of opera roles with leading conductors William Christie, Marc Minkowski, Nicholas McGegan and Jory Vinikour, and with directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs of the Boston Early Music Festival. These collaborations have taken him to perform in such places as the Opernhaus Zürich, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls in New York, Royal Festival Hall in London, and the Teatro Real de Madrid. José Lemos is a guest member with the Baltimore Consort and has been a regular guest with several American and European early music ensembles, such as Christina Pluhar’s L’Arpeggiata, Brandywine Baroque, Boston Baroque, Magnificat, NYS Baroque and Chatham Baroque. Mr. Lemos is a recording artist with Sono Luminus. 5 ennifer Morsches is a freelance recitalist, chamber musician, continuo cellist and Jorchestral player in the UK, continental Europe and her native USA. She is the principal cellist of Florilegium, with whom she has recorded numerous award-winning discs for Channel Classics Records and performs around the globe. A longtime member of the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Les Siècles, she works with such artists as Sir Simon Rattle, Sir András Schiff, Vladimir Jurowski, Sir Roger Norrington, David Zinman and Philippe Herreweghe. As guest prin - cipal cellist she has played with Dutch National Opera, Chicago Opera Theater and Boston Baroque and on tours and recordings with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. She is Co-Artistic Director of Sarasa Chamber Music Ensemble (Cambridge, MA) and Artistic Director of Refractions Music Festival at Owlpen Manor (Gloucestershire). Jennifer graduated from Smith College in Music History and German Literature, and was awarded the Ernst Wallfisch Prize in Music. Subsequently she received a Master’s and a Doctorate in Cello Performance from the Mannes College of Music and SUNY at Stony Brook, New York. Recipient of the CD Jackson Prize at Tanglewood, she was featured on Wynton Marsalis’s educational videos with Yo-Yo Ma. She has given world premieres of chamber music by David Matthews, Michael Wolpe and Ben Zion Orgad and has brought to life new findings on the violoncello piccolo, resulting in first recordings of works by C. P. E. Bach and Francesco Alborea (Barn Cottage Records). 6 eborah Fox is the Artistic Director and founder, in 2005, of Pegasus Early DMusic, Rochester’s early music concert series, and the director of NYS Baroque in Ithaca and Syracuse. She is a lutenist with a repertoire ranging from medieval to baroque music, as a soloist, chamber music player, and opera continuo player. She has performed with major early music ensembles and festivals from Newfoundland to Sydney, including the Carmel Bach Festival, Glimmerglass Opera, Les Violons du Roy (Montreal), Spoleto Festival, Opera Atelier (Toronto), Aradia (Toronto), Tafelmusik, Concert Royal, Brandywine Baroque, Music of the Baroque and Haymarket Opera (Chicago). She has made frequent trips to Australia to work with Pinchgut Opera in Sydney. She received the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Early Music at London’s Guildhall S c h o ol of Music and Drama, specializing in the improvised accompaniment practices of the seventeenth century. Her teachers have included Paul O’Dette, Pat O’Brien and Nigel North. She performs as a regular member of the baroque chamber music ensemble Fioritura. She has recorded for Naxos, Sonabilis, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Centaur, as well as making the CD Io Vidi in Terra with countertenor José Lemos and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour (Sono Luminus). She has been a Teaching Artist for the Aesthetic Education Institute. 7 enor Steven Soph performs through - out the United States and Europe. He Thas sung as a soloist under esteemed conductors Franz Welser-Möst, Ton Koopman, Masaaki Suzuki, Simon Carrington, Patrick Dupré Quigley, Dennis Keene and Barthold Kuijken. As a member of American early music ensemble Cut Circle, Mr. Soph appears at the Utrecht Early Music Festival, Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Musica Sacra Maastricht, and Laus Polyphoniae Festival in Antwerp. Mr. Soph holds degrees from the University of North Texas and Yale School of Music, where he studied with renowned tenor James Taylor. He was a 2014 Carmel Bach Festival Adams Fellow and 2016 Oregon Bach Festival Young Artist. 8 ontreal-born soprano Andréanne Brisson Paquin is equally experi - Menced in many different musical genres, singing Baroque, classical, operatic and contemporary repertoire. In past seasons she has been invited to the Festival International de Lanaudière, Montreal Baroque Festival, Festival Baroque de Pontoise, Lufthansa Baroque Festival, Music and Beyond Festival, and Montreal Bach Festival. She has been guest soloist with I Musici, Arion, Les Voix humaines, Pallade Musica, Masques, Caprice, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal and Musica Angelica. As a recitalist, Andréanne’s qualities are well suited to the intimacy of chamber music. She has won many national and international prizes, such as the Guy-Soucie Excellence Award, Second Prize in the Concours International de Musique de Chambre de Lyon, Second Prize in the Eckhardt-Grammatée competition, and Second Prize and Duo Prize at New York City’s Joy in Singing. She was also a finalist at the Montreal International Musical Competition in 2012. 9 aritone Mischa Bouvier has per - formed in a wide range of musical Bstyles from baroque to contemporary. He has appeared with Musica Sacra at Alice Tully Hall; David Lang’s “collected stories” series at Zankel Hall; the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Stern Auditorium and the New York Live Arts Theater; the Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico at the Festival Casals; the American Bach Soloists at Grace Cathedral and the Monday Center; the Mirror Visions Ensemble at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs; and with many other leading ensembles and orchestras. As a recitalist Mischa has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He holds degrees from Boston University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. 10 n repertoire ranging from Bach to Poulenc to Nyman, Jory Vinikour has performed as soloist