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Italian lutenist and composer (1575-1631)
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2023-09-04 14:58:48
Jacopo Peri, part II, 2023
[…] a single melodic line and instrumental accompaniment. The ideas of the Camerata were based on the members’ understanding of the music of Classical Greece, which most likely was wrong: they believed that Greek plays were sung, not spoken. That didn’t matter much as these ideas led to the creation of the recitative and the aria, and soon after, the cantata and, importantly, opera. The most active members of the Camerata were composers Giulio Caccini, Vincenzo Galilei, the father of Galileo Galilei, and Pietro Strozzi, but the society included many Florentine intellectuals and composers. Jacopo Peri was one of the first to put these ideas into practice, creating Dafne and Euridice, the first two operas in history. The librettos to the operas were written by another member of the Camerata, the poet Ottavia Rinuccini. Euridice was performed in October of 1600 in the Palazzo Pitti during the celebrations of the wedding […]
2021-12-11 19:30:00
I am, and I also love lute music. So a Christmas album with everything performed on lute and viol - what's not to love? Who knew that the "Carol of the Bells" could play counterpoint to "God rest ye merry, gentlemen" - and also to the 15th c. hit "L'homme armé"? It's a lovely recording! More details: New York, NY – Viola da gambist Carolyn Surrick and lutenist Ronn McFarlane have released a new holiday album, A Star in the East, featuring reimagined traditional Christmas favorites alongside new works by both McFarlane and Surrick. Surrick is well-known for her fifteen recordings with the group she founded in 1998, Ensemble Galilei. McFarlane, nominated for a Grammy in 2009, is the founder of Ayreheart and a founding member of the Baltimore Consort. In November 2020, the duo released their well-received first album together, Fermi’s Paradox, created and recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic when […]
2021-03-29 04:58:00
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances (CD review)
Also, Concerto all’antica. David Alongna, violin; Salvatore Di Vittorio, Chamber Orchestra of New York. Naxos 8.573901.By John J. PuccioItalian composer and violinist Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) is probably best known for his trilogy of tone-poem suites The Pines, Fountains, and Festivals of Rome. However, coming close on their heels is his Ancient Airs and Dances, here presented on a Naxos CD by Maestro Salvatore Di Vittorio and the Chamber Orchestra of New York.Respighi wrote three suites of Ancient Airs and Dances (1917, 1923, and 1931), the music freely adapted from original sixteenth-century pieces for lute. He based the first suite on various Renaissance works by Simone Molinaro, Vincenzo Galilei, and a few other anonymous composers. He based the second suite on works for lute, archlute, and viol by Fabritio Caroso, Jean-Baptiste Besard, Bernardo Gianoncelli, an anonymous composer, and an aria attributed to Marin Mersenne. The third suite Respighi based on lute and […]
2019-12-05 12:29:15
[…] cycling up and down the hills and lochs of Scotland searching for light. In the sound art category, Martin Green won with Aeons: A Sound Walk for Newcastle, which is a piece designed to be listened to on a walk on the banks of the River Tyne. Charlotte Bray’s Invisible Cities, meanwhile, reflects on the urban environment. Other composers took inspiration from philosophy and history, with Geoff Hannan’s choral work Pocket Universe featuring text by Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei. Christian myths were the focus of Gavin Higgins’s trombone concerto The Book of Miracles, influenced by a recently discovered German Renaissance manuscript. BBC Radio 3 will broadcast a programme dedicated to the awards at 9pm on Sunday 8 December. The full list of winners can be found below. AMATEUR OR YOUNG PERFORMERSThe Salamander and The Moonraker by Edward Gregson CHAMBER ENSEMBLEFlute Concerto by Dai Fujikura CHORALPocket Universe by Geoff Hannan COMMUNITY […]
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