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Our program “Elizabethan Delites” (10 minutes and 41 seconds) features:

An anonymous work, “Now is the month of Maying”,

“Full Fathom Five” by Robert Johnson (1582-1633) ,

“The Servant of his Mistress” by John Bennet (1575-1614), and

The anonymous “Unto the Prophet”.

This performance by Ars Antigua directed by Jerry Fuller features Nancy Bristol, soprano; William Bauer, renaissance and baroque violins; Jeff Noonan, lutes and theorbo; and Henry Claude, tabor.

The text for Full Fathom Five is from William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and was set to music by Shakespeare’s contemporary Robert Johnson. The song was most likely performed during Ariels’ speech in which he deliberately mis-informs Ferdinand about the death of his father in the sea storm.

 

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Our program this month (13 minutes and 57 seconds) features the rarely performed Concerto for Flauto Traverso and strings in G Major by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767). This performance by Ars Antigua directed by Jerry Fuller features baroque flute soloist Cuauhetemoc Trejo.

Telemann’s little performed, but excellent, flute concerto is in the French style with a tip of the hat to Polish music in the last movement. Unlike the typical baroque concerto in 3 movements, this concerto is in four “character” movements, which hints of the French orchestra suite with its prominent dance rhythms.

 

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Our program this month (13 minutes and 29 seconds) features Amy Pikler, winner of the 2008 Ars Antigua-Midwest Young Artists National Early Music competition, generously sponsored by Walgreens. Fifteen year old Amy Pikler began her musical studies at the age of five and currently studies violin with Desiree Ruhstrat and recorder with Patrick O’Malley. Amy has appeared as soloist with the Sewanee Summer Music Festival Orchestra, the Chicago Chamber Orchestra and the North Suburban Symphony. In 2006 Amy won the junior division of the Ars Antigua-Midwest Young Artists Early Music competition, in addition to winning the senior division this year. Amy also plays violin and is a member of the symphony orchestra and chamber music program at Midwest Young Artists.

This month’s program includes three short pieces:

Concerto in F Major movement three by Giuseppe Sammartini (1695 - 1750)

Siciliana from Sonata in E-flat Major by Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto for Sopranino Recorder movement one by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Midwest Young Artists, located in Highwood, Illinois , is the largest and most comprehensive youth ensemble music program in the Midwest . Founded in 1993 with one orchestra, MYA has grown to include 5 youth orchestras, more than 60 chamber music ensembles, 3 choral groups, an all-inclusive jazz program, and classes in music theory and history.

 

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Our program the Music of Shakespeare’s Time (7 minutes and 50 seconds), includes four short pieces:

An anonymous work La Bergamasca,

L’Innamorato by Giovanni Gastoldi (1550-1622),

Intrada from Banchetto Muicali by Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630), and

La Volta by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621).

This performance by Ars Antigua directed by Jerry Fuller was recorded live at the 2007 St Louis Early Music Festival.

Ars Antigua, directed by Jerry Fuller, formed a 5 part renaissance string band for this performance of Elizabethan and Jacobean music, and includes one violin, two alto violas, a tenor viola and continuo. La Volta , which ends the set was a known favorite of Queen Elizabeth the first, who loved to dance to it.

 

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Our inaugural program, Music for Exotic Instruments (12 minutes and 29 seconds), features the modern premiere of the Overture and Chaconne GW472 by Christof Graupner (1683-1760) for viola d’amore, oboe d’amore, traverso d’amore and strings. This performance by Ars Antigua directed by Jerry Fuller features soloists William Bauer, viola d’amore; Joyce Alper, oboe d’amore; and Cuauhtemoc Trejo, traverso d’amore.

Although the Overture and Chaconne by Christoph Graupner were known to musicologists since the 1950s, it was finally studied, edited, and prepared for performance in 2007 by Kim Clow, an independent music scholar in New York. Kim’s goal is to publish all of Graupner’s neglected orchestral works. Graupner was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach and was the first choice of the Leipzig town council to be Cantor at St Thomas Church , the post that subsequently went to Bach.

 

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This ArsAntiguaPresents.com conversation with soprano Danielle de Niese was conducted by ensemble director Jerry Fuller in 2007. Learn more about Danielle at www.danielledeniese.com.