Friday, March 30, 2012

Chedeville (Chédeville): Pieces for musette/hurdy-gurdy and figured bass op.9 (Robert Mandel + Ensemble Le Berger Fortune)

Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782) 是法國巴洛克晚期的作曲家。今天他在音樂史上若被提起,應是他假借韋瓦第之名而出版的偽作品十三「誠實的牧羊人」(Il pastor fido)奏鳴曲集,企圖為自己的樂器musette(風笛)打知名度的惡名。

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

John Jenkins: Fantasias & Airs (The Locke Consort)

之前和Pollini兄有聊到他那篇Jenkins的四聲部Fantasias,所以這邊加碼回應一篇有關John Jenkins (1592–1678)的音樂。Jenkins是英國巴洛克早期的作曲家,除了經歷了英國內戰的政局動盪年代,也見證和參與了英國音樂曲風的轉變。在他之前,有文藝復興末期的大師William Byrd,而在他之後,有年輕的Purcell正要展露頭腳。

Sunday, March 18, 2012

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

Saturday, March 10, 2012

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

Friday, March 9, 2012

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

Thursday, March 1, 2012

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)