La Scintilla - EMS Sun 26th Jan

[ardcarp]

La Scintilla in Zurich

Riccardo Minasi directs the ensemble La Scintilla in a concert given at the Opera House in Zurich, featuring music by Corelli, Locatelli, Valentini and Pergolesi.

More about La Scintilla (but not this concert given last year) here;

https://www.lascintilla.ch/en/lascintilla/

BBC EMS website light on info, as usual.

[ardcarp]

Reminder. Today at 2pm

[ardcarp]

The EMS website has not yet put this up as 'Available Now'. It also wrongly attributes the encore piece to J.S. Bach. It should be PDQ...no, stop it...Johann Ludwig.

The Zurich band played tidily enough, but the programme was a bit samey, and I must say I was a bit Baroqued out by the end. Maybe one to dip into?

[LMcD]

The EMS website has not yet put this up as 'Available Now'. It also wrongly attributes the encore piece to J.S. Bach. It should be PDQ...no, stop it...Johann Ludwig.

The Zurich band played tidily enough, but the programme was a bit samey, and I must say I was a bit Baroqued out by the end. Maybe one to dip into?

I agree. Why did the announcer keep referring to La Shintilla, I wonder?

[vinteuil]

I agree. Why did the announcer keep referring to La Shintilla, I wonder?

... cos it's an Italian name and that is how it's pronounced in Italian?

https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Scintilla.htm

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[ardcarp]

...not because it was a leg-operated boat steering mechanism?
I'll get me coat....

[LMcD]

... cos it's an Italian name and that is how it's pronounced in Italian?

https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Scintilla.htm

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I think the letters 'sch' - e.g. as in 'bruschetta' - might be pronounced 'sh' in Italian, but I think 'scintilla' is pronounced the same way as it is in English, with the 'c' silent.

[vinteuil]

I think the letters 'sch' - e.g. as in 'bruschetta' - might be pronounced 'sh' in Italian, but I think 'scintilla' is pronounced the same way as it is in English, with the 'c' silent.

... no, in Italian the h makes the c hard : bruschetta is pronounced brusketta ( schiavone is pronounced skiavone, and chianti is pronounced kianti).

sci is pronounced shi - as in sciacollo, a jackal ; scimpanzé, a chimpanzee.




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[LMcD]

[QUOTE=vinteuil;776372]... no, in Italian the h makes the c hard : bruschetta is pronounced brusketta ( schiavone is pronounced skiavone, and chianti is pronounced kianti).

sci is pronounced shi


'Every day I learn, Mr. Fawlty!'

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I think the letters 'sch' - e.g. as in 'bruschetta' - might be pronounced 'sh' in Italian, but I think 'scintilla' is pronounced the same way as it is in English, with the 'c' silent.

Not according to this website:

https://www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com/learn/italian/italian-tips/italian-pronunciation-guide

When followed by an ‘e’ or an ‘i’, ‘sc’ is pronounced the way we pronounce ‘sh’ in English ... and gives as an example, "scena", which I've always heard and pronounced like "shayna".

WIKI also gives "sc + i (or e) = sh"

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Italian/Pronunciation_and_alphabet

(And shouldn't "sch" be pronounced "sk", as in "scherzo"?)

[LMcD]

Not according to this website:

https://www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com/learn/italian/italian-tips/italian-pronunciation-guide

When followed by an ‘e’ or an ‘i’, ‘sc’ is pronounced the way we pronounce ‘sh’ in English ... and gives as an example, "scena", which I've always heard and pronounced like "shayna".

WIKI also gives "sc + i (or e) = sh"

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Italian/Pronunciation_and_alphabet

(And shouldn't "sch" be pronounced "sk", as in "scherzo"?)

I've just been listening to a young lady offering Sipio or Skipio - but not Shipio - Africanus.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

And Scelsi and Sciarrino ... (but not Scarlatti)?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I've just been listening to a young lady offering Sipio or Skipio - but not Shipio - Africanus.

Your private life is no concern of mine!

[vinteuil]

I've just been listening to a young lady offering Sipio or Skipio - but not Shipio - Africanus.

... my quarter-Italian stepson has as a middle name Scipio. It is pronounced shipio.


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[Bryn]

And Scelsi and Sciarrino ... (but not Scarlatti)?

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