Early Music at Saturday Lunchtimes ...

[doversoul1]

Rameau by Musica Aeterna 30 May

"The Triumph of Love": a selection of arias and dance movements from Rameau operas played by Musica Aeterna directed by Teodor Currentzis with soprano Nadine Koutcher

Recorded earlier this year at KlaraFestival, the International Brussels Music Festival.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wyjr4

[doversoul1]

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Carolyn Sampson: 6 June

A programme of concertos and arias by Pietro Antonio Locatelli and George Frideric Handel, performed by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, with soprano Carolyn Sampson and countertenor Rupert Enticknap. Recorded at the Freiburg Konzerthaus in December last year

Locatelli: Concerto in C minor, Op.1 no.11
Handel: Overtures, arias and duets from Rinaldo, Giulio Cesare, Rodelinda, etc

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Rupert Enticknap (countertenor)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Peter Barczi (violin/director)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05xj147

[doversoul1]

Schmelzer and Biber: 13 June

Austrian baroque music by Schmelzer and Biber 'spiced up' by Les Passions de l'Ame directed by Meret Luthl

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Ballet - Die Fechtschule (The Fencing Academy)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Partita no.6 (from 'Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa')
Schmelzer: Sonata - Die Turkenschlacht bei Wien (The Battle against the Turks at Vienna)

Dazzling chamber and ensemble works from a golden period in the 17th century, enlivened in these performances with the exotic sounds of dulcimer, tamburello and eastern percussion instruments.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05y5y40

I'd have thought, of all composers, Schmelzer and Biber wouldn’t need to have their music spiced up…. Still, we’ll see (hear).

[doversoul1]

Ignore the inane blurb (spiced up etc.). This was a most enjoyable concert expertly presented by Jonathan Swain.

[doversoul1]

No early music concert this Saturday

Once upon a time, early music was all about voices. Why did this precious hour have to be given away to yet another Schubert Lieder instead of an early music song recital or a choir concert?

(Just in case; we are in the middle of The Classical Vice fest)

[doversoul1]

Max Emanuel Cencic and Pomo d'Oro: 27 June

The Croatian-born countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic teams up with the ensemble Pomo d'oro to perform Baroque Italian music including works by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Gasparini and Caldara

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060bfm3

Here is a classical voice worth listening or at least hearing.

[doversoul1]

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra: 4 July

“Concerto a due cori"
Concertos by Handel and Vivaldi performed by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra: works for two groups (or 'choruses') of players by Handel, alongside one of the dazzling concertos Vivaldi wrote for the virtuoso orchestra in Dresden

Handel: Concerto a due cori in F, HWV 334
Vivaldi: Concerto in F, RV 569 ('Per l'orchestra di Dresda')
Handel: Concerto a due cori in B flat, HWV 332
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Petra Müllejans & Gottfried von der Goltz (violin/director).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060zhvz

This should be good:
Next week
Paul van Nevel conducts the Huelgas Ensemble in sacred music from before 1400, including works by Perotin and Machaut, in a concert recorded at the 2015 Schwetzingen Festival.

[doversoul1]

Perotin, Machaut plus: Huelgas Ensemble 11 July

Music in Apocalyptic Times - Paul van Nevel conducts the Huelgas Ensemble in sacred music from before 1400, including works by Perotin and Machaut, in a concert recorded at the 2015 Schwetzingen Festival

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b061fk20

Another early music concert. It should be very good. If only we had the playlist.

[Roehre]

Music in Apocalyptic Times - Paul van Nevel conducts the Huelgas Ensemble in sacred music from before 1400, including works by Perotin and Machaut, in a concert recorded at the 2015 Schwetzingen Festival

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b061fk20

Another early music concert. It should be very good. If only we had the playlist.

Indeed. For Machaut and Perotinus it isn't too difficult to guess, but then we still have some 200 years to cover.... unless the apocalyptic times are those as defined by Tuchman's A distant Mirror

[ardcarp]

If only we had the playlist.

Indeed. The probability is that they'll include Perotin's Viderunt Omnes which seems to be the most frequently performed of his oeuvres...or perhaps they won't for that reason! Anyway, I've got my copy out ready.

[doversoul1]

Skip Sempé & Co. 18th July

Baroque French music by Leclair, Couperin and Marais played by Capriccio Stravagante and Skip Sempé, with soprano Judith van Wanroij and baritone Henk Neven

A tantalising selection of opera extracts and chamber music movements recorded earlier this year in the fine Rococo Theatre in Schwetzingen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062hkwf

I didn’t know that you could have a ‘tantalising selection’ but a programme without the playlist can be tantalising although it is more like plain annoying.

[subcontrabass]

a programme without the playlist can be tantalising although it is more like plain annoying.

The playlist so far is singularly uninformative.

[doversoul1]

The playlist so far is singularly uninformative.

Jean-Marie Leclair: Instrumental and vocal music from the French Baroque: Performer: Skip Sempé.
François Couperin: Instrumental and vocal music from the French Baroque: Performer: Skip Sempé.
Jean-Marie Leclair: Instrumental and vocal music from the French Baroque: Performer: Skip Sempé.

Do you think they are serious?

[doversoul1]

Handel's German Arias

Handel's Nine German Arias sung by Christiane Karg with Arcangelo directed by Jonathan Cohen, recorded in May at the Schwetzingen Festival

Christiane Karg, soprano
Arcangelo: directed by Jonathan Cohen, harpsichord/organ

Die ihr aus dunklen Grüften, HWV 208;
Künft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer, HWV 202;
Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen, HWV 203;
Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205;
Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden, HWV 210;
Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise, HWV 206;
In den angenehmen Büschen, HWV 209;
Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken, HWV 204;
Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV 207.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b063d3f6

[Roehre]

Handel's Nine German Arias sung by Christiane Karg with Arcangelo directed by Jonathan Cohen, recorded in May at the Schwetzingen Festival

Christiane Karg, soprano
Arcangelo: directed by Jonathan Cohen, harpsichord/organ

Die ihr aus dunklen Grüften, HWV 208;
Künft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer, HWV 202;
Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen, HWV 203;
Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205;
Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden, HWV 210;
Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise, HWV 206;
In den angenehmen Büschen, HWV 209;
Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken, HWV 204;
Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV 207.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b063d3f6

I'm wondering whether we'll be informed who in some of these arias the wind soloists are....