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“It is easy to recognize the passion that ARTEK’s eight musicians
have for early baroque music....The dark music produced by ARTEK at
Synod Hall was impressive and unusual, summoning the Halloween spirit
to take hold of the spectators.” (University of Pittsburgh)
Witches, spirits, ghosts and death . . . a fun program to celebrate All
Hallows’ Eve, with original poetry and exquisite Renaissance and
baroque music from Italy and England.
ARTEK
Jessica Tranzillo, soprano
Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano
Drew Minter, countertenor
Philip Anderson, tenor
Michael Brown, tenor
Peter Becker, bass
Daniel Swenberg, theorbo
Charles Weaver, lute
Christa Patton, harp
Gwendolyn Toth, director & harpsichord
The program:
I. The Cart of Death
Dies irae - Gregorian Chant
From the Life of Piero di Cosimo (1568) - Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574)
Carro della morte - Anonymous (16th century)
II. Powers of the Underworld
Music for a While
Grim King of the Ghosts
Apritevi Inferni
III. Off With Her Head
O Death, Rock Me Asleep - Anne Boleyn (ca.1504-1536)
Lamento di Maria Stuarda - Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)
IV. Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble
Saul & Witch of Endor
Shakespeare reading
Witch scene - Eccles
V. Love and Death
Moro, lasso - Gesualdo
Era l’anima mia - Monteverdi
Tirsi Morir Volea - Sances
VI. Mourn the Dead
Elegy to Queen Mary - Purcell
Tombeau on the death of Ferdinand III - Froberger
Jephta - Carissimi
VII. Dance of Life & Death
Passacalli della vita - Anonymous (ca. 1650)
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DATE & TIME:
Saturday, October 31, 2009
8 pm
PLACE:
Bargemusic
Fulton Ferry Landing
(under the Brooklyn Bridge)
Brooklyn
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