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William Christie & Les Arts Florissants celebrate New Year's Eve at Wigmore Hall in fine style with Hugh Cutting & Carlo Vistoli
Antonio CaldaraMonteverdi, Steffani, Fontana, Caldara, Vivaldi, Bononcini, Handel; Hugh Cutting, Carlo Vistoli, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie; Wigmore HallReviewed 31 December 2023One of those evenings where the performers sheer delight in the music carried you away; Les Arts Flo in a delightful sequence of Italian Baroque duets and solo cantatasThe Wigmore Hall ended the year in fine style with a concert of 17th and 18th century Italian duets from Les Arts Florissants. William Christie directed from harpsichord and organ with Emmanuel Resche-Caserta and Augusta McKay Lodge, violins, and Cyril Poulet, cello, with countertenors Hugh Cutting and Carlo Vistoli. The programme included duets by Monteverdi, Agostino Steffani, Giovanni Bononcini, Handel and Vivaldi, along with solo cantatas by Antonio Caldara and Vivaldi, and instrumental music by Giovanni Battista Fontana, Vivaldi and Caldara.We began with one of Monteverdi's Scherzi Musicali, the duet Damigella tutta bella published in 1607, a delightfully perky and distinctly skittish dance. Then came the duet Aita […]
2021-02-22 07:00:49
“Possente Spirto” from Monteverdi’s “Orfeo,” Scherzi Musicali
Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo was created in 1607 at the dawn of opera. It remains the earliest work in that rich genre to be performed regularly. Set in five acts, it is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, who descends into Hades in an unsuccessful attempt to bring his dead bride, Eurydice, back to the living world. The aria, Possente spirto, e formidabil nume (“Mighty spirit and formidable god”), comes from the opera’s third act. Orfeo ...
2020-11-16 00:09:00
TheMillbrookIndependent.com: Ulysses Kay (1917-1995): Scherzi Musicali (1968), conducted by Andrés Rivas, offers a twelve-tone composition
Ulysses Kay (1917-1995) The Millbrook Independent November 15, 2020 Kevin T. McEneaney At Bard College’s Fisher Center for Performing Arts, The Orchestra Now performed its last concert of the academic year under the baton of Leon Botstein. The program consisted of rarely performed works. *** While the American composer Ulysses Kay (1917-1995), who learned to play piano, violin, and saxophone from his uncle King Oliver, is one of this country’s most important 20th century neo-classical composers, his work is not as widely known as it should be. He studied under Hindemith at Yale and wrote 20 works for large orchestra and five operas, the last being Frederick Douglass (1991). Scherzi Musicali (1968), conducted by Andrés Rivas, offers a twelve-tone composition where all twelve notes circulate through the musical scale. The opening movement displays the […]
2020-10-27 00:16:00
Bard.edu: "On November 14, [Leon Botstein] will lead the Orchestra in the rarely heard Scherzi Musicali by Black American composer Ulysses Kay"
Ulysses Kay (1917-1995) Bard News The Orchestra Now (TŌN) has announced the addition of two more symphonic concerts to be livestreamed for free as part of its fall season. On November 1, Music Director and Founder Leon Botstein will conduct a program pairing 20th century works by Schoenberg, Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas, and R. Strauss with Handel’s Water Music; and on November 14, he will lead the Orchestra in the rarely heard Scherzi Musicali by Black American composer Ulysses Kay. The concert will also feature Haydn’s Symphony No. 48 and works by Varèse and Hindemith. The livestreamed concerts are free and will be available for streaming after the performances.