Winter Mini-Festival: Music of Johann Rosenmüller

ARTEK, Gwendolyn Toth, Director
Though he was born in Germany, Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684), worked in Venice as one of the successors of Monteverdi.   His grand scale liturgical music is comparable to Monteverdi's, and his smaller scale music displays some of the finest instrumental virtuosity and melodic fluidity of the 17th century.
 
CONCERT 1:  Solo Cantatas and Instrumental Music
Featuring Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano, and Ryland Angel, countertenorDate:              Friday, February 10, 2012
                          Pre-concert lecture at 7 pm by Sara Ruhle Kyle, musicologist
Time:              8 pm
Location:        St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, 552 West End Avenue, New York, NY
Tickets:          $40 for each concert, $20 rear seating ($10 off for students & seniors)
Tickets for both nights for $75 regular, $35 rear ($20 off for students & seniors)
Performers:  Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano; Ryland Angel, countertenor; Cynthia Freivogel, violin leader; Vita Wallace, violin; Marka Young, violin and viola; Theresa Salomon, viola; Motomi Igarashi, violone; Daniel Swenberg, theorbo; Gwendolyn Toth, director and organ.
Program:
Salve Dulcis (Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano)
Sonata II
Vox Dilecti (Ryland Angel, countertenor)
Sonata VII
Ach Herr Strafe (Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano)
 
Sonata IX
Christum Ducem (Ryland Angel, countertenor)
Lieber Herre (Barbara Hollinshead)
Sonata III
Ascendit Christus (Ryland Angel, countertenor)
 
CONCERT #2:  Vespers Music in the Grand Venetian Style
With guest artists from Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
Twenty-four singers, strings, cornetti, sacbuts, winds, and continuo
Date:              Saturday, February 11, 2012
                          Pre-concert lecture at 7 pm by Susan Hellauer, member of Anonymous Four
Time:              8 pm
Location:        St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, 552 West End Avenue, New York, NY
Tickets:          $40 for each concert, $20 rear seating ($10 off for students & seniors)
Tickets for both nights for $75 regular, $35 rear ($20 off for students & seniors) 
Performers:
ARTEK - Laura Heimes, soprano; Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano; Ryland Angel, countertenor; Drew Minter, countertenor; Philip Anderson, tenor; Michael Brown, tenor; Charles Weaver, baritone; Peter Becker, bass-baritone; Cynthia Freivogel, violin leader; Vita Wallace, violin; Marka Young, viola; Theresa Salomon, viola; Motomi Igarashi, violone; Michael Collver, cornetto; James Miller; Grant Herreid, theorbo; Christa Patton, harp; Daniel Swenberg, theorbo; Dongsok Shin, organ; Gwendolyn Toth, conductor.
PIFFARO – Joan Kimball, dulcian; Robert Wiemken, dulcian and contradulcian; Greg Ingles, sacbut; Erik Schmalz, sacbut.
 
Program:
Sinfonia II (Instrumental)
Jube domine benedicere (Tutti)
 
Dixit Dominus (Tutti)
Vulnera Jesu Christa (Philip Anderson, tenor)
 
Confitebor tibi (Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo-soprano; Drew Minter, countertenor; Michael Brown, tenor;  Peter Becker, bass-baritone)
O Admirabile Commercium (Drew Minter and Ryland Angel, countertenors)
 
Nisi Dominus (Laura Heimes, soprano; Ryland Angel, countertenor; Philip Anderson, tenor; Charles Weaver, baritone)
In te domine speravi (Laura Heimes, soprano)
 
Beatus Vir (Tutti)
Salve Regina (Peter Becker, bass-baritone)
 
Magnificat in C minor (Tutti)
 
 
ASSOCIATED WORKSHOP:  Chant Camp with Susan Hellauer
Date:              Saturday, February 11, 2012
Time:              11 am - 1:30 pm
Location:        Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th Street, New York, NY
Tickets:          $35
Description:  Susan Hellauer's brilliant concept has taken the US by storm, with chant camps happening with regularity across the nation. New York's first chant camp took place in 2010, in connection with ARTEK's brilliant anniversary performance of the Monteverdi Vespers. Now, ARTEK again presents chant camp as part of its Rosenmüller mini-festival in early February.
Chant Camp is a half day session of chant singing, structured around a number of carefully-chosen plainchant topics. Each topic presentation begins with a brief, informative, illustrated lecture, followed by plenty of group singing, to illustrate and permanently “set” the lesson. The workshop ends with a communal chant singing, combining elements of the day’s work, along with extensions and improvisations based on the day’s material.
About the Ensemble:  Audiences love ARTEK concerts for their compelling musical settings of beautiful poetry and infectious dance rhythms that infuse the performances with vitality and spirit. Founded by director Gwendolyn Toth in 1986, ARTEK's singers and instrumentalists are all recognized virtuosos with a love for the early baroque music that is ARTEK's signature repertoire. ARTEK has toured extensively to American and European festivals and with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and has mounted staged performances of early baroque operas and its own musical theater show, "I'll Never See the Stars Again," set to music of Monteverdi. Visit www.artekearlymusic.org  for more information on ARTEK.