10.11.2023 Tales of Brass and Wood

Schiedam, ‘t Huis te Poort
h. 20.15

With “Tales of Brass and Wood,” the Florens Ensemble presents a fantastic and surprising new program with a variety of distinctive musical colours.

At first glance, the Baroque trumpet and the dulcian, a precursor to the modern bassoon, may seem like an exotic combination. However, this combination has been quite common since the second half of the sixteenth century. Both instruments played significant roles in the vibrant music scene that primarily unfolded in churches and at the royal court. Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), the celebrated keyboardist of that era, accompanied the trumpet virtuoso Girolamo Fantini (1600-1675) during a private concert for Cardinal Ottoboni in Rome. Fantini composed the very first sonatas for trumpet and basso continuo. The early solo repertoire for the dulcian was written and performed by the dulcian virtuoso Bartolomeo Selma y Salaverde (1595-1638). Johann Pezel (1639-1694) brought together the Baroque trumpet and dulcian as solo instruments. He composed a unique set of sonatas, possibly the only example in this genre.

Program

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Toccata seconda (1627)

Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638-1693)
Sonata seconda

Francesco Rognioni Taeggio (1570-1626)
Vestiva i colli

Philippe Friedrich Böddecker (1615-1683)
Sonata sopra La Monica

Ascanio Mayone (c. 1565-1627)
Recercar sopra il canto fermo di costantio festa & per sonar all’arpa

Bartolome’ Selva y Salaverde (1595-1638)
Canzon a doi basso e soprano

Johann Christoph Pezel(ius) (1639-1694)
Sonata 75
from: Bicinia variorum Instrumentorum (1675)

Jacob van Eijck (1589-1657)
Preludium

Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570-1630)
Sonata a 2

Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667)
Mayerin variations

Giovanni Bassano (c. 1561-1617)
Tota pulchra es

Bartolome’ Selva y Salaverde (1595-1638)
Balleto, Gagliarda, Corrente a 2 basso & soprano

Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638-1693)
Sonata prima

Florens Ensemble
Nicolas Isabelle – baroktrompet
Kim Stockx – Dulciaan en blokfluit
Emma Huijsser – Barokharp en blokfluit
Edoardo Valorz – Virginaal en orgel

Toegangskaarten voor het concert € 25.
https://www.thuistepoort.nl/tales-of-brass-and-wood/