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Con arte e maestria - Virtuoso violin ornamentation from the dawn of the Italian Baroque
[…] this sort of ornamentation in practice, when taken up by other composers and performers. This could actually be quite a dry disc, but Webber and Devine's command of the style along with their palpable enthusiasm for the music makes the recital one which is always engaging and at times compelling, you wonder quite how someone manages to make their fingers run so fast. Yet, dazzling or not, this is always music, intelligently and vividly played.Giovanni Bassano (c.1561–1617) 1. Ricercata prima - Cipriano de Rore (c.1515–1565) (ornaments by Riccardo Rognoni, c.1550–c.1620) 2. Anchor che col partire - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525–1594) (ornaments by Oliver Webber b.1969) 3. Deh hor foss’io col vago della luna - Ascanio Mayone (c.1565–1627) 4. Canzon francese prima - Biagio Marini (1594–1663) 5. Sinfonia ‘La Gardana - Oliver Webber (after Giovanni Bassano) 6. Ricercata - Thomas Crecquillon (c.1505–c.1557) (ornaments by Oliver Webber) 7. Par trop souffrir de fortune […]
2020-04-27 07:32:06
In search of Elijah: an exploration of the premiere of Mendelssohn's oratorio in Birmingham and its first performers
[…] they are referred to as Master). Interestingly, the choir was ranged in front of the orchestra, sopranos on the left with tenors behind them and altos on the right with basses behind them. There were ten soloists! The principal soloists were soprano Madame Caradori-Allan, mezzo-soprano Miss Maria B. Hawes, tenor Mr. Charles Lockey, and bass Herr Staudigl plus the Misses Williams who sang the duet "Lift thine eyes" (now a trio) and supplementary soloists Miss Bassano, Mr. J.W. Hobbs, Mr. Henry Phillips, and Mr. Machin, thus providing for the ability to sing the octet with solo voices. Quite who sang exactly what I have not yet been able to ascertain. What we can learn from this line up, however, is that the four main soloists sang the main eight named roles with the arias, whilst the supplementary soloists joined in for the 'awkward' moments.Elijah was performed in the morning, and […]
2019-10-09 08:19:16
17th century Playlist: from toe-tapping to plangently melancholy, Ed Lyon & Theatre of the Ayre
[…] was the first composer to hold the title of Master of the Kings Musick (under King Charles I). He had links to the Irish harpist Cormac MacDermott, hence the inclusion of the Irish harp on the disc. And he wasn't just a musician, it was Lanier on his visits to Mantua who arranged for King Charles I to buy the Duke of Mantua's famous picture collection. [Intriguingly his uncle was Alphonse Lanier, who married Emilia Bassano Lanier, the Dark Lady of Shakespeare's Sonnets, and a musician in her own right, see the family tree on Wikipedia].Ed Lyon has quite a vibrant voice, and one which he uses to colour the music. This is not a pale, bleached sound, but a rich one which is aptly complemented by the playing of the Theatre of the Ayre. Lyon is not frightened of using vibrato for expressive purposes, and does not shy away […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2019-06-10 20:01:07
Debating The Shakespeare Authorship Issue
Last month The Atlantic published an essay by an Elizabethan scholar that suggested that “an Elizabethan writer named Emilia Bassano might have had a hand, or more, in the creation of William Shakespeare’s work.” Now the magazine has asked five Shakespeare experts to weigh in on the idea. – The Atlantic
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