Performing History: The Italian Baroque Organ and Its Cultural Intersections
GENERAL INFORMATION
A four-day festival (22-25 October) of concerts, masterclasses, and paper sessions, marking the tenth anniversary of the installation of Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY.
All events are free and open to the public. Concerts and masterclasses take place in the Fountain Court of the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG). Paper sessions will be in the MAG Auditorium. Concert seating is limited. Concert tickets should be reserved in advance at [email protected].
Concerts: SHORT LISTING
Free admission, but tickets must be reserved in advance (contact [email protected]). Remaining tickets will be made available at the door one hour before the start of each concert.
Thursday October 22, 7.30pm
Roberto Antonello (Treviso, Italy), organ
‘An Italian Perspective’
Friday October 23, 7.30pm
Edoardo Bellotti (Eastman School of Music), organ and harpsichord
‘From Madrigal to Toccata: Girolamo Frescobaldi’
Saturday October 24, 7.30pm
Domenico Zipoli: Missa a S. Ignacio
Christ Church Schola Cantorum, Rochester (director: Stephen Kennedy),
Nathan Laube (organ), Publick Musick (baroque instrumental ensemble)
Sunday October 25, 1pm
Eastman student organists: Going for Baroque - *prior ticket reservation not required
Sunday October 25, 3pm
Annie Laver (Syracuse University): Going for Baroque - *prior ticket reservation not required
Sunday October 25, 5.30pm
A Tenth Anniversary Celebration Concert
David Higgs (Eastman School of Music), Hans Davidsson (Royal Danish Academy of Music), William Porter (Eastman School of Music, McGill University), organ
Masterclasses:
Free and open to the public. Reservation not required.
Fri 23 October: 9am-11am – Armando Carideo (Rome, Italy): Organ Works of Girolamo Frescobaldi
Sat 24 October: 10am-12pm – Roberto Antonello (Treviso, Italy): Organ Works of Domenico Zipoli and his Contemporaries
For a full festival event schedule, see http://www.esm.rochester.edu/organ/.
Sponsored by the Humanities Project, University of Rochester School of Arts and Sciences.
For further details of the entire project, see http://www.rochester.edu/college/humanities/programs/humanities-project…
Performing History: The Italian Baroque Organ and Its Cultural Intersections
Full Event Schedule:
Thursday, 22 October
Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery
6.30 PM Welcome Speeches
6.45 PM Keynote Address: Nancy Norwood (Curator of European Art, Memorial Art Gallery)
Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery
7.30 PM Concert: An Italian Perspective
Roberto Antonello (Treviso, Italy) - organ
Works by Gabrieli, Muffat, Buxtehude, Bach, Galuppi, Bovet
Free admission, but concert tickets must be reserved in advance. Any remaining tickets will be made available on the door one hour before the concert starts.
Friday, 23 October:
Girolamo Frescobaldi, Primo Libro di Toccate (1615) and its cultural context
Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery
9.00-11.00 AM Organ Masterclass with Armando Carideo (Italy): Frescobaldi’s Organ Works
Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery
2.00-5.00 PM Paper Session I
Chair: Kerala Snyder (Eastman School of Music)
Patrick Macey (Eastman School of Music): From Vocal Madrigal to the Keyboard Toccatas of Frescobaldi
Roger Freitas (Eastman School of Music): The Importance of Being Witty in 17th-Century Italy
Laura Smoller (University of Rochester): Magic and Science in the Age of Frescobaldi
Edoardo Bellotti (Eastman School of Music): The ‘Tricks of the Trade’: Working with Adriano Banchieri’s ‘L’Organo Suonarino’
Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery
7.30 PM Concert: From Madrigal to Toccata: Girolamo Frescobaldi
Edoardo Bellotti (Eastman School of Music) – organ and harpsichord
Repertoire from Frescobaldi’s Il Primo Libro di Toccate (1615, 1637) and Toccate, Libro Secondo (1627), with vocal madrigals by Arcadelt and Marenzio.
Free admission, but concert tickets must be reserved in advance. Any remaining tickets will be made available on the door one hour before the concert starts.
Saturday, 24 October
Domenico Zipoli and the Jesuits in 18th-Century South America
Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery
10.00 AM- Organ Masterclass with Roberto Antonello: Organ Works of Zipoli and His
12.00 PM Contemporaries
Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery
2.00-5.00 PM Paper Session II
Chairs: Daniel Zager (Eastman School of Music) and Pablo Sierra (University of Rochester)
Roberto Antonello (Conservatorio di Musica di Vicenza, Italy): Italian Influences in the Music of the Jesuit Reductions
Armando Carideo (Rome, Italy): The Jesuits and the Roman Organ Tradition
Curt Cadorette (University of Rochester, Religion and Classics): Eyes and See not; Ears and Hear not?: The Ambiguity of the Jesuits in Colonial Latin America.
Alfredo Colman (Baylor University): The Transplanted [Colonial] Harp: Master Symbol of Paraguayan Identity?
Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery
7.30PM Concert: Missa a San Ignacio (Domenico Zipoli)
Christ Church Schola Cantorum (directed by Stephen Kennedy), Nathan Laube (organ), and Publick Musick
A liturgical recreation of Zipoli’s Missa a San Ignacio, written for the Jesuit missions in early 18th century South America, with concerted mass movements, organ solos, choral motets, and chant.
Free admission, but concert tickets must be reserved in advance. Any remaining tickets will be made available on the door one hour before the concert starts.
Sunday, 25 October
Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery
1.00 PM Concert: Going for Baroque
Eastman organ students play Frescobaldi, Zipoli, and others
*No prior ticket reservation required.
3.00 PM Concert: Going for Baroque
Annie Laver (Syracuse University) - organ
*No prior ticket reservation required.
5.30 PM Concert: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration for the Italian Baroque Organ
David Higgs (Eastman School of Music), Hans Davidsson (Royal Danish Academy of Music), William Porter (Eastman School of Music, McGill University) - organ
The inauguration of Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at MAG in October 2005 was celebrated with a ten-day festival, including a recital given by Eastman’s three organ professors at that time. Ten years later, this concert reunites these renowned performers in a varied program showcasing the colors of the Italian Baroque Organ.
Free admission, but concert tickets must be reserved in advance. Any remaining tickets will be made available on the door one hour before the concert starts.
