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I. Venetian Vespers with Laura Heimes, Jennifer Ellis Kampani and John Taylor Ward In the last year of his life, 1630, Alessandro Grandi published his Messa, e salmi concertati, a tre voci, which provides music for the mass as well a complete set of psalms for the first Christmas day Vespers service. The music reveals the composer’s confident and mature style; the counterpoint is finely wrought, and Grandi uses ornamentation and chromaticism for effect rather than for display. Grandi worked together with Monteverdi in St. Mark’s from 1617 to 1627, but he has his own individual style, and was one of the most influential and important composers of the early 17th century. In addition to the psalms, our reconstruction of the Vespers will feature virtuoso vocal and instrumental music by Monteverdi, Marini, Buonamente and Uccellini, all printed in Venice. |
I. ALESSANDRO GRANDI Celebrate the holidays with our recreation of a 17th Century Venetian Christmas Vespers
Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:30 pm* Lectures begin 45 minutes before the concert. *Please note that owing to the holiday schedule, the Palo Alto concert will begin at 8:30 pm. |
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II. Great Artists Series with Hanneke van Proosdij, recordersHanneke will perform a selection of the signature works for the recorder with dazzling medieval istampittas, tuneful 16th and 17th century songs, the world premiere of a new composition and exciting trio sonatas from the baroque. |
THE GREAT ARTISTS SERIES Hanneke van Proosdij, recorders Dutch recorder virtuoso Hanneke van Proosdij presents a program of medieval, renaissance, baroque and contemporary music. Thursday, February 13, 2014 8 pm |
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III. Lamentations of Jeremiah with soprano with Kirsten BlaiseThe Lamentations of Jeremiah have held a special place for renaissance and baroque composers since Petrucci’s magnificent collection of 1506, which was one of the first music books published in Europe. In the Latin text, each verse begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: Aleph, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, He, and composers since Petrucci have “illuminated” each letter with impressionistic melismas that echo the decorative arts of the medieval scribes. Two hundred years after Petrucci, Scarlatti continued this tradition in his extraordinary setting of 1708, a commission for the same group of Cavalieri that sponsored Pergolesi’s setting of the Stabat Mater. For this concert we will use a new edition, based on Scarlatti’s original manuscript. |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI Internationally renowned opera star Kirsten Blaise joins Voices of Music for a program of Scarlatti, Handel & Vivaldi, featuring Scarlatti’s Thursday, April 10, 2014 8 pm |
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IV. Special EventThe Venetian Vespers of Alessandro GrandiMusicologist Jeffrey Kurtzman will present lectures before each concert in our December set on the Venetian Vespers of Alessandro Grandi. Dr. Kurtzman is on the faculty of Washintong University, St. Louis, and is the Editor of the works of Grandi. The lectures will be filmed as part of our educational outreach program. |
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