Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra + Vivica Genaux (10/27/2011)

10/27/2011

Arias for Farinelli

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano

FASCH: Concerto for Two Flutes, Two Oboes and Two Bassoons in D Minor
VIVALDI: “Cor mio che prigion sei” from Atenaide,
“Sin nel placido soggiorno” from La fede tradita e vendicata,
“Alma opressa” from La fida ninfa
TELEMANN: Concerto for Strings in D major, “Sinfonia Spirituosa”

Farinelli Arias:
HASSE: ”Or la nube procellosa”
PORPORA: "Or la nube procellosa" from Artaserse
“Oh volesser gli Dei…Dolci, freschi aurette” from Polifemo
BROSCHI: “Qual guerriero in campo armato” from Idaspe

RAMEAU: Orchestra suite from La Guirlande

Concert: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (with Ottavio Dantone and Marion Verbruggen)(11/17/2011)

Ottavio Dantone

Concert: Archetti Baroque String Ensemble (03/02/2012)

First Lutheran Church, Palo Alto

Muffat: Armonico Tributo (Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini)

之前寫過奧地利作曲家Auschnaiter的管絃樂作品，是參考Georg Muffat作品的藍圖。在這兒就好好介紹那位前輩吧。Georg Muffat (1653–1704) 是巴洛克中期重要的德奧作曲家。他是第一位將當時法式和義式器樂曲風引進德語國家，並融合在一塊兒的音樂家，為德國音樂開出一條新的活路，使得後來有韓德爾，泰雷曼，與巴哈等這些國際風的德國作曲家。在法國的François Couperin於1724年提倡Les goûts réunis(曲風整合)之前，Muffat早在1682年的時候，就已經出版了這套Armonico Tributo。

Friends of Music Scholarship Recital (02/26/2012)

Picchi: Ballo alla Polacha
Rameau: Allemande (Suite in E minor)

Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.3 in A Major Op.69 (3rd mov)

Paganini: Cantabile in D Major Op.17

John Woods Duke: A Piper  /  The Bird
Mozart: Bester Jungling from Der Schauspieldirektor

Beethoven: 7 variations on Mozart's Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen WoO 46

Schubert: Piano sonata in A minor D.784 (1st mov)

Prokofiev: Sonata for Flute and Piano Op.94 (1st mov)

Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen

Paul Bowles: Blue Mountain Ballads

Concert: Elizabeth Blumenstock and Elaine Thornburgh (02/20/2012)

 

 Elaine Thornburgh and Elizabeth Blumenstock

Gathering with Ruth Slenczynska (02/05/2012) (Chinese)

Ruth Slenczynska and me

Ticket: case dismissed! (English)

Anyways, here's the English version of what I just posted here, if it's worth anything.

Basically last November, I got a traffic ticket for running a stop sign.  It was close to midnight, two blocks away from where I live, and there were literally no pedestrians in sight.  And as almost every Californian would do, I pulled the running California stop.  Of course, I noticed a car some distance behind me.   And of course, he just had to be a cop.

Ticket: case dismissed! 爽! (Chinese)

Salomone Rossi: Madrigaletti Op.13 + Six Madrigals for single voice and theorbo

許多驚喜總是來自最意想不到的地方。誰會料到，會讓我欣賞的巴洛克聲樂，竟然會來自早期巴洛克一個相對不起眼的作曲家？這位作曲家Salomone Rossi (c1570–1630)，是巴洛克早期的義大利作曲家，而且還是當時最重要猶太人作曲家。文藝復興與巴洛克時期，基督教勢力龐大，猶太人被強力打壓，所以沒聽說猶太人音樂家反而是常態。要一直到近代，猶太音樂家才會如雨後春筍般冒出來。古典樂史裡大家比較熟悉的作曲家裡，最有名的兩位應當算是孟德爾頌(Felix Mendelssohn)以及馬勒(Gustav Mahler)囉。