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Folger Consort performed "Gloria! A Baroque Italian Christmas" on December 13th to December 18th 2019 at St Marks on Capitol Hill. | [[Folger Consort]] performed "Gloria! A Baroque Italian Christmas" on December 13th to December 18th 2019 at St Marks on Capitol Hill. | ||
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Folger Consort journeyed to Venice for the holidays with Vivaldi's beloved Gloria in D, RV589. Written around 1715, the piece was first performed by the all-female choir and orchestra of the Ospedale della Pietà, composed entirely of young women and directed by Vivaldi himself. Other seasonal music from the Italian High Baroque included Alessandro Scarlatti's Christmas Cantata ("O di Betlemme altera, povertà venturosa") and Corelli's magnificent Christmas Concerto. With string orchestra, oboe, trumpet, women's chorus, and vocal soloists. | Folger Consort journeyed to Venice for the holidays with Vivaldi's beloved Gloria in D, RV589. Written around 1715, the piece was first performed by the all-female choir and orchestra of the Ospedale della Pietà, composed entirely of young women and directed by Vivaldi himself. Other seasonal music from the Italian High Baroque included Alessandro Scarlatti's Christmas Cantata ("O di Betlemme altera, povertà venturosa") and Corelli's magnificent Christmas Concerto. With string orchestra, oboe, trumpet, women's chorus, and vocal soloists. | ||
Revision as of 13:53, 29 April 2020
Folger Consort performed "Gloria! A Baroque Italian Christmas" on December 13th to December 18th 2019 at St Marks on Capitol Hill.
Folger Consort journeyed to Venice for the holidays with Vivaldi's beloved Gloria in D, RV589. Written around 1715, the piece was first performed by the all-female choir and orchestra of the Ospedale della Pietà, composed entirely of young women and directed by Vivaldi himself. Other seasonal music from the Italian High Baroque included Alessandro Scarlatti's Christmas Cantata ("O di Betlemme altera, povertà venturosa") and Corelli's magnificent Christmas Concerto. With string orchestra, oboe, trumpet, women's chorus, and vocal soloists.
Program:
Arcangelo Corelli, Concerto Grosso op. 6, no. 8 ("Christmas Concerto") Alessandro Scarlatti, Cantata pastorale per la nascità di Nostro Signore ("O di Betlemme altera, povertà venturosa); featuring soprano Emily Noël
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Trumpet and Oboe in D major, RV 781; featuring soloists Joelle Monroe (trumpet) and Margaret Owens (oboe) Francesco Geminiani, Concerto Grosso in E minor, H. 78 Antonio Vivaldi, Gloria in D, RV 589
Artists
Folger Consort
Artistic Directors
Robert Eisenstein: Violin
Christopher Kendall: Lute
Guests Artists
Andrew Arceci: Baroque Bass, Continuo
Risa Browder: Violin, Concertmaster
Wade Davis:Cello
Brooke Evers: Soprano
Nina Falk: Viola
Claire Galloway: Alto
Crossley Hawn: Soprano
Kerry Holahan: Soprano
Annie Loud: Violin
Paula Maust: Organ
P. Lucy McVeigh: Alto
Joelle Monroe: Trumpet
John Moran: Cello
Leslie Nero: Violin
Emily Noël: Soprano
Margaret Owens: Oboe
Jessica Renfro: Alto
Madelyn Wanner Salazar: Alto
Airi Yoshioka: Violin