Concerto Romano brings us the complete range of high-Baroque musical drama: angels and demons, saints and sinners, in a variety of instrumental environments.
Grotesquerie in music of Seventeenth-century Rome
Playlist
Francesco Rossi (1625-1699): La caduta degli angeli
Agostino Diruta (1590-1647): A Santa Apolonia mentre era tormentata senza denti
Bonifazio Graziani (1604-1664): Le Parche filano la vita humana
Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674): Historia Divitis
Francisco de Soto (1534-1619): Nell’ apparir del sempiterno sole
ARTISTS
Concerto Romano; Alessandro Quarta, conductor
Tears of Laughter, Laughter Through Tears
Few know how to express the rollercoaster of emotions in such a suggestive and multifaceted way as the Venetian Barbara Strozzi.
Playlist
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692): Sonata III
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677): Lagrime mie, lamento for voice and basso continuo
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (fl. 1660-69): Il Drago, capriccetto terzo a 3
Antonio Cesti (1623-1669): Alpi nevose dure, for voice and basso continuo
Bernardo Storace (1637-1707): La Follia, for harpsichord
Barbara Strozzi: Hor che Apollo, serenata for voice, two violins and basso continuo
Maurizio Cazzati (ca 1620-1677): Capriccio sopra le sette note, for two violins and basso continuo
Barbara Strozzi: La sol fa mi re do – La mia donna perché canta, for voice and basso continuo
Bernardo Gianoncelli (fl. 1650): Tasteggiata, Gagliarda & Corrente, for lute
Barbara Strozzi: La Vendetta, for voice and basso continuo
Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638-after 1692): Sonata undecima “La Barbara”, for two violins and basso continuo
Antonio Cesti (1623-1669): Non si parli più d’amore, cantata for voice and basso continuo
Alessandro Stradella (1644-1682): Ed io che farò, Zefiro’s aria for voice, two violins and basso continuo
ARTISTS
Federico Fiorio, soprano
La florida Capella; Marian Polin, harpsichord and artistic direction
Napoli illustrissima
Violinist Eva Saladin, cellist Daniel Rosin, and harpsichordist Johannes Keller present works by composers who lived or worked in Naples in the 18th century.
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Playlist
Michele Mascitti (1663/64-1760)
Sonata III, from Violin Sonata, op. 1, libro primo (Amsterdam, 1704)
Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro
Nicola Matteis (ca 1650-ca 1710)
Passaggio rotto & Fantasia, from Ayres for the Violin, Part II (London, 1676)
Gian Carlo Cailò (1659-1722)
Sonata Terza (From the manuscript at Leuven University archive P 206/28, family archive Di Martinelli)
Adagio – Canzona – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Cello Sonata in d minor (From a manuscript at Biblioteca of the Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan)
Largo – Allegro – Piano – Presto
Michele Mascitti
Sonata III, from Violin Sonata, op. 2 (Paris, 1706)
Adagio – Allegro – Corrente – Sarabanda – Presto
Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (ca 1645-ca 1712)
Sonata Quinta (From the manuscript at Leuven University archive P 206/28, family archive Di Martinelli)
Grave – Allegro – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Allegro
Alessandro Scarlatti
Toccata VII primo tono for harpsichord (From a manuscript collection at the Biblioteca del Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella di Napoli)
Giovanni Antonio Piani (1678-1760)
Sonata II, from Violin Sonata, op. 1 (Paris, 1712)
Preludio – Allemanda – Sarabanda – Giga – Presto
ARTISTS
Eva Saladin, violin; Daniel Rosin, cello; Johannes Keller, harpsichordHildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum
Twelfth-century mystic, writer, philosopher, and composer Hildegard channeled her unfaltering Christian faith through her music in the morality play Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues).
Playlist
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Ordo Virtutum
– Prologue
– The Soul Invokes the Virtues
– Enter the Devil
– The Soul Returns
– The Devil is Bound
– EpilogueARTISTS
Seraphic Fire
Patrick Dupré Quigley, Artistic Director
SFM CD 16Baroque Treasures of Ukraine
Seventeenth-century Ukraine was witness to the start of a cultural revolution, with the Ukrainian Eastern Orthodox Church playing an important role. Ensemble Ældmusic brings us religious anthems by Dyletsky, Slavynetskyi, Tuptalo, as well as anonymous works from Ukraine’s rich folk tradition. Tonight’s program was recorded before a studio audience in Radio Latvia, Riga. Thanks to WFMT’s association with the European …
Playlist
Mykola Dyletsky (1630-1681)
Heavenly King; Let the trumpets sound
Anonymous
Through the wide field
Mykola Dyletsky
Come, to give the last kiss
Anonymous
The body of Christ; Water flows through the valley
Symeon Slavynetskyi (1609-1675)
Gladly rejoice
Mykola Dyletsky
The Sweetest Virgin Mary
Dmyro Tuptalo (1651-1709)
I have my Jesus
Mykola Dyletsky (1630-1681)
Grace of the World; To the Mother of God; Archangel Michael; Greatly have I sinned
Anonymous
Separation
Mykola Dyletsky
All born of this Earth
ARTISTS
Ensemble Ældmusic; Serhiy Zadorozhny, tenor & conductor
Nataliia Behma, soprano; Oksana Nikitiuk, alto; Ansis Bētiņš, bass; Gertruda Jerjomenko, harpsichordSolomon Rossi & His Contemporaries
Soprano Sherezade Panthaki joins Philharmonia Baroque Chamber Players and members of the Philharmonia Chorale, under the direction of Nicholas McGegan, for Italian baroque music of the synagogue, the theater, and the court: sacred and secular works by Salamone Rossi, Claudio Monteverdi, and Benedetto Marcello. Tonight’s program was recorded live in concert April 8, 2018, in the Performance Hall of the …
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Solomon Rossi & His Contemporaries
Playlist
Salamone Rossi (ca. 1570-1630)
Haleluyah. “ashrei ‘ish” (Psalm 112)
Sonata in dialogo Detta la Viena, Book III
Vedrò’l mio sol from Madrigals, Book III
Mizmor shir leyom hashabbat (Psalm 92)
Hashkivenu (Prayer)
Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Salmo Decimo Chorus: E’ di giustizia protettor from Estro poetico-armonico
Hebrew melody/Intonazione: Sha’ar Asher Nisgar
Salmo Decimottavo Aria: O immacolata e santa divina from Estro poetico-armonico
Salamone Rossi
Ohimè se tanto amate from Madrigals, Book I
Cor mio deh no languire from Madrigals, Book I
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Laudate Dominum (Psalm 150)
Prologue (La Musica) from Orfeo
Salamone Rossi
Sonata terza sopra l’aria della Romanesca
Gagliarda quarta detta la Disperata
Correnta sesta
Sonata quarta sopra l’aria di Ruggiero
Pargoletta che no sai from Madrigaletti
Lemi ‘ehpots (Wedding ode)
ARTISTS
Philharmonia Baroque Chamber Players & Chorale
Nichalas McGegan, conductor & Harpsichord
Sherezade Panthaki, sopranoVáclav Luks, Collegium 1704 & Slavonic Baroque
Václav Luks leads Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 in Baroque works by Slavic composers: Poland’s Mielczewski and Pękiel, and Bohemia’s Zelenka.
Playlist
Marcin Mielczewski (ca 1600-1651)
Triumphalis recurrit dies beati Martini
Missa Triumphalis
Bartłomiej Pękiel (?-ca 1670)
Missa a 14
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
Missa 1724
ARTISTS
Collegium Vocale 1704
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks, conductorGuerrero: Requiem Mass from Festival Llums d’Antiga
Among Francisco Guerrero’s sacred works, the Missa pro defunctis of 1582 takes pride of place tonight.
Playlist
Cristóbal de Morales (ca 1500-1553)
Peccantem me quotidie
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Missa pro defunctis
Alonso Lobo de Borja (1555-1617)
Versa est in luctum
ARTISTS
Cererols Choir; Marc Díaz, organist & conductor
Swedish Radio Choir & Bach
Fredrik Malmberg leads the Swedish Radio Choir and Capella Suecia in one of Bach’s short masses, BWV 236 in G Major. The beloved cantata “Sleepers Awake” opens the concert.
Playlist
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Mass in G, BWV 236ARTISTS
Swedish Radio Choir
Cappella Suecia
Fredrik Malmberg, conductorStabat Mater for Holy Week
As Good Friday and Easter draw near, Baroque&Before offers two settings of the medieval Latin hymn on the suffering of Mary at the Crucifixion.
Playlist
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Stabat Mater for Soprano, Alto, Female Chorus And Orchestra
Claudine Ansermet, soprano
Alessandro Carmignani, countertenor
Camerata Polifonica Siciliana; Douglas Bostock, conductorEmanuele Rincon d’Astorga (1680 – 1757?)
Stabat Mater for Soloists, Chorus And Orchestra
Claudine Ansermet, soprano
Alessandro Carmignani, countertenor
Salvatore Todaro, tenor
Roberto Abbondanza, bass
Camerata Polifonica Siciliana; Douglas Bostock, conductorRecording: Scarlatti & d’Astorga: Stabat Mater/Bostock; Classico CLASSCD 162
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