Sypert Summer Concert 2019

Date: 
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Time: 
7.30 pm
Season/No: 
2019, first concert

'Con Brio'

Tonight's programme offers a fascinating variety of 18th-century music, as well as some from more recent times; the title of the concert, Con Brio, suggests the exciting and dynamic qualities of the repertoire.  Some is given in the form of arrangements, a common 18th-century practice, and a variety of instruments will be heard, including early clarinets of various types.

First in a series of three concerts in the Sypert Summer Concert Series 2019.

Venue:

Participant(s): 

Susanne Ehrhardt - recorders and clarinets
John Kitchen - harpsichord and organ

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

Programme

Concerto op. 9, no. 2 in D minor for clarino and harpsichord ... Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750)
  Allegro e non presto - Adagio - Allegro

Aria 'Lascia ch'io pianga' from 'Rinaldo' for solo harpsichord ... George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) arr. William Babell (1688-1723)

Tafelmusik for alto chalumeau and continuo ... Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
  Badinage - Menuet - Flatterie - Bergerie - Allégresse

Bravour-Variationen op. 7, for soprano recorder and organ on Himmel's Lied 'An Alexis send ich dich' ... Ernst Krãhmer (1795-1837)

Alte rumänische Tänze ... Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)

*** Interval (20 minutes ***

Suite for tenor chalumeau and basso continuo 'La Nopce Chámpêtre ou l'Himen Pastoral' ... Jacques Martin Hotteterre (1674-1761)
  Prelude: l'Appel pour rassembler la Troupe - Marche - Entrée et Double de L'Entrée - Rondeau chámpêtre - Sarabande - Bourrée

Sonata in D, K.287
Sonata in D, K.288 ... Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Sonate in D major from the notebook of Frederick the Great ... Augustin Reinhard Stricker (c.1675-1720)
  Adagio e staccato - Allegro - Adagio - Menuet

Sinfonia IV for recorder and continuo ... Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)

Concerto in D minor ... Antonio Vivaldi (1697-1741)
  Allegro - Larghetto spiritoso - Allegro

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Composer(s):

Performer(s):

Instrument / Organ Specification: 
English anonymous, Chamber organ, c.1740
Hass, Johann Adolph (single-manual harpsichord), 1764

Performance Type:

Programme: 
8-page white A4 folded
Programme Notes: 

Programme notes by John Kitchen

Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Tickets £18 (Season ticket £45), Senior citizens (over 60) £16 (Season ticket £39), Students, children and unwaged £5 available on the door or from the Queen's Hall Box Office, 0131 668 2019
Publicity and Reviews: 

Forthcoming concerts in the Sypert summer concert series 2019 listed at the end of the printed programme.

Promoter:

Printer(s): 
Reid School of Music
Notes: 

Paragraph on each of the two keyboard instruments used in tonight's performance. 

This series of concerts is generously supported by Dr George and Dr Joy Sypert.
Thanks to the staff of St Cecilia's Hall, Dr Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet, William Hendry and the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall.