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French dance manual author and priest (1520-1595)
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2019-01-12 06:13:00
Classical Music News of the Week, January 12, 2019
Daniel Hope in First Appearances as Music Director of New CenturyNew Century Chamber Orchestra continues its 2018-2019 season February 7 through 10 with the return of British violinist Daniel Hope in his first appearances as the ensemble's new Music Director. Exploring the theme of "recomposition," Hope will appear as soloist for the San Francisco Premiere of Max Richter's complete Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons from his 2012 bestselling Deutsche Grammophon album. Continuing as soloist, Hope will perform the 2nd Movement from Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto arranged by Benjamin Britten alongside a second Britten arrangement of Henry Purcell's Chacony in G minor. Rounding out the program are two popular Renaissance inspired works: Peter Warlock's 1926 work Capriol Suite based on dances by Thoinot Arbeau and Ralph Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. This program will be presented as part of New Century's subscription series on four evenings in […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-04-23 18:42:25
Sun King Shines on Medford
“Music and Dance for the Sun King,” a concert of Renaissance and Baroque music took us time-traveling last Tuesday night at the at Tuft’s Distler Auditorium. Louis XIV was the longest-ruling monarch in European history, over 72 years. A significant patron of the arts and a great boon to composers over such a long period, he abetted the flourishing of French music and dance, which led the style across the Continent. Jane Hershey, early-music conductor and performer and faculty member oversaw the program. She played viola da gamba during most of the concert, in groups of varying size, along with several student players as well as a visiting performer from Taiwan. All wore period costumes approximating styles of court dress across the extended reign of the Sun King. Branles from Orchesograpie, a study of dance steps and attendant social behavior from the late Renaissance by Thoinot Arbeau, opened the show, as […]
2016-04-03 02:00:00
Thoinot Arbeau [Jehan Tabourot] (1519 – 1595) Orchésographie 1589 Ensemble Florilegio - Alta Capella dir. Marcello Serafini Label: Symphonia 02196 (2002) (flac, cue & scans) The first edition of the Orchésographie et traité en forme de dialogue par lequel toutes personnes peuvent facilement apprendre et pratiquer l'honnête exercice des danses was printed in 1586.
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2015-06-22 23:13:19
Hamelin: Pleasures from Introversion
[…] either it showed that I wasn’t near to being in the mood, or it is almost entirely without interest, showing student charms only. Born midway between Beethoven and Schubert, Field was highly regarded (by Chopin, Liszt et alia) and influential (taught in Russia). From this slight late miniature it was not easy to see how or why. Hamelin also composes, with idiom and humor. His Pavane Variee, based on a 16th-century processional dance of Thoinot Arbeau, overflows with white-key (so it seemed, anyway) harmonic noodles infused with spicy secret sauces. Hamelin cocktailed and eventually La Valsed it up wonderfully (I see we have gone from table to bar and dance floor); as the variations proceed, fistfuls of notes and sounds fly soon enough, finally resolving to quietude. All very deft and fluid. Debussy’s Images II exhibited extreme delicacy and softness, lightly colored; they drifted along without much forward motion, their […]
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