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Baroque Unlimited

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Friday, Oct 29, 2010 | 7:30 PM
L’Arpeggiata
TEATRO D'AMORE
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • L'Arpeggiata
    Christina Pluhar, Artistic Director and Theorbo
  • Philippe Jaroussky, Countertenor

Program

  • MONTEVERDI Toccata from Orfeo
  • STROZZI "L'Eraclito amoroso"
  • CAZZATI Ciaccona
  • SANCES "Presso l'onde tranquille"
  • Improvisation: Tarantella Napoletana
  • TRAD. "Ninna, Nanna Sopra la Romanesca"
  • MONTEVERDI "Ohimé ch’io cado"
  • BERTALI Ciaccona
  • FALCONIERI La suave melodia
  • MONTEVERDI "Adagiati Poppea... Oblivion soave" from L’incoronazione di Poppea
  • MELLI "Dispiegate"
  • Improvisation: La Dia Spagnola
  • MONTEVERDI "Sí dolce è ’l tormento"
  • MONTEVERDI "Damigella"
  • PANDOLFI MEALLI Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 4, No. 6, "La Vinciolina"
  • SANCES "Stabat Mater"
  • Improvisation: Bergamasca
  • MONTEVERDI "Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius"

  • Encores:
  • MONTEVERDI "Ohimé ch’io cado" (Jazz Version)
  • PIAZZOLLA "Los pájaros perdidos"
  • TRAD. "Ciaccona del paradiso e del inferno"

  • Program is approximately 1 hour, 30 minutes, and will be performed without intermission
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Christina Pluhar and Philippe Jaroussky will be signing CDs after this concert.
Thursday, Feb 24, 2011 | 7:30 PM
Il Giardino Armonico
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Il Giardino Armonico
    Giovanni Antonini, Music Director and Flute

Program

  • CASTELLO Sonata decimaquinta a quattro
  • MERULA Canzone a quattro, "La Lusignola"
  • MERULA Ciaccona per due violini
  • CASTELLO Sonata decimasesta a quattro
  • LEGRENZI Sonata seconda a quattro, Op. X
  • VIVALDI Concerto in C Major for Flautino, Strings, and Continuo, RV 444
  • VIVALDI Concerto in C Minor for Flute, Strings, and Continuo, RV 441
  • GALUPPI Concerto a quattro in G Minor
  • VIVALDI Concerto in C Major for Flautino, Strings, and Continuo, RV 443
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Baroque music enthusiasts know this ensemble for performances that are “confident, stylish … bubbling with enthusiasm” (Gramophone). On this concert, Il Giardino Armonico, founded in 1985, takes you through 100 years of Italian Baroque music, including concertos that Vivaldi wrote while teaching in the famous Ospedale della Pietà in Venice.
Vivaldi Concerto in C Major for flautino recorder, strings, and basso continuo, RV 443 (I. Allegro)
Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini, Flute & Conductor
Teldec
Monday, Mar 7, 2011 | 7:30 PM
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Program

  • TELEMANN Overture in F Minor, TWV55: f1
  • BACH "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5
  • BACH Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Major, BWV 1042
  • HANDEL Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 2
  • TELEMANN Concerto for Flute and Recorder in E Minor, TWV 52: e1

  • Encore:
  • RAMEAU Entrée pour les Guerriers from Dardanus
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It’s a top-notch evening of music by three giants of the Baroque era: Bach, Handel, and the wildly prolific Telemann. The highly acclaimed Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin has been delighting audiences for almost 30 years with its energetic, sensitive performances of this repertoire.
Telemann Overture-Suite for Strings and Basso continuo in G major, TV 55, “La Bizarre” (I. Overture)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Harmonia Mundi
Tuesday, Mar 22, 2011 | 8 PM
Bach Collegium Japan
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Bach Collegium Japan
    Masaaki Suzuki, Artistic Director and Conductor
  • Clint van der Linde, Countertenor
  • Gerd Türk, Tenor
  • Hana Blažíková, Soprano
  • Peter Kooij, Bass
  • Rachel Nicholls, Soprano

Program

  • BACH Mass in B Minor
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Founded in 1990 in Japan, Bach Collegium Japan’s reputation for great Baroque performances is worldwide. “The fleet Bach Collegium emphasizes beauty and a flowing line,” says The Times of London, and their founder has a “subtle ear for color, a keen sense of harmonic direction, and an ability to make phrases breathe and rhythms live” (The New York Times).
Bach Mass in B Minor (“Gloria in excelsis Deo”)
Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki, Artistic Director and Conductor
BIS
Sunday, May 8, 2011 | 7:30 PM
Les Violons du Roy
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Ian Bostridge, Tenor
  • Les Violons du Roy
    Bernard Labadie, Music Director and Conductor

Program

  • HANDEL Suite from Alcina
  • HANDEL "Forte e lieto" from Tamerlano
  • F. GASPARINI "Forte e lieto" from Tamerlano
  • HANDEL Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3, No 4
  • CALDARA "Lo so, lo so : con periglio" from Joaz
  • HANDEL "Scorta siate" from Giulio Cesare
  • HANDEL Concerto Grosso in B-flat Major, Op. 6, No. 7
  • VIVALDI "Sazierò col morir mio" from Ipermestra, RV 722
  • VIVALDI "La tiranna e avversa sorte" from Arsilda, RV 700
  • HANDEL "D'un barbara scortese" from Poro
  • W. BOYCE Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 2, No. 1
  • HANDEL "From celestial seats descending" from Hercules
  • HANDEL "Where congeal'd the northern streams" from Hercules

  • Encores:
  • HANDEL "Scherza infida" from Ariodante
  • CONTI "Qui sto appeso" from Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena
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He’s been astounding audiences throughout Europe this season with his stunning take on Handel arias. Now you can experience Bostridge’s “showstopping style” (Guardian) here in New York City at Carnegie Hall. Don’t miss all the drama and majesty of the Baroque performed by a superstar tenor in top form and the historical performance specialists Les Violons du Roy.
Handel Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 5 (III. Presto)
Les Violons du Roy / Bernard Labadie
Dorian Recordings

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