Love and War

St. Mark's-Trinity Church - Saturday, October 5, 2002 at 8 pm
"Let him show, in all Compositions, the proper Place where to take Breath, and without Fatigue; because there are Singers who, to the dismay of the Hearer, labour as if they had an Asthma, taking Breath every Moment with Difficulty, or arriving at the last Notes as if they were breathing their last."
- Pier Francesco Tosi, Observations on the Florid Song (1723)

Superb Canadian soprano and early music specialist Julie Harris joins The Burney Ensemble in a sensational program of Italian cantatas and instrumental music, including two extraordinary cantatas by the little-known vocal composer Alessandro Melani.

Programme:

Alessandro Melani (1639-1703)
Cantata: Quai bellici accenti

Alessandro Melani (1639-1703)
Cantata: Qual mormorio giocondi

Dario Castello (fl. early 17th century)
Sonata quarta per due violini

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Cantata: Su le sponde del Tebro

Alessandro Stradella (1644-1682)
Sinfonia avanti 'Il Barcheggio'

Musicians:

Julie Harris - soprano
Búi Petersen - baroque trumpet
Paul Luchkow - baroque violin
Megan Chapelas - baroque violin
Nan Mackie - viola da gamba
Valerie Weeks - harpsichord

Readings will be drawn from the writings of singing masters Agricola and Tosi, trumpet master Fantini, and the travel writings of Charles Burney.

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