LA CALISTO
OR THEATER AND MUSIC
AN EXUBERANT BAROQUE EXPERIENCE HOSTED BY FRANCIS COLPRON
PROGRAM FOR 5 MUSICIANS
FRANÇOIS-ANDRÉ DANICAN-PHILIDOR(1726-1795)
Sinfonia No. 3 in G major from L’art de la modulation (1755)
Moderato – Aria gratioso – Giga allegro
for Baroque flute, two violins, and basso continuo
FRANÇOIS COUPERIN (1668-1733)
Le Parnasse ou L’Apothéose de Corelli
Corelli au pied du Parnasse…
Corelli, charmé…
Corelli buvant à la Source…
Enthouziasme de Corelli…
Corelli…s’endort…
Les Muses reveillent Corelli…
Remerciement de Corelli…
for Baroque flute, two violins, and basso continuo
— INTERMISSION —
JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER (1623-1680)
Fechtschule (école d’escrime)
Aria I – Aria II – Sarabande – Courante – Fechtschule – Bader aria
(Vienne 1668)
For recorder, violins, viola, and basso continuo
GIOVANNI PICCHI (?-1643)
Sonata nona
(Canzoni da sonar con ogni sorte d’istromenti, Venise, 1625)
For recorder, two violins, and basso continuo
FRANCESCO CAVALLI (1602-1676)
La Calisto (Venise, 1651)
Opening Sinfonia and a suite of arias from the opera,
for recorder, two violins, and basso continuo
Sinfonia
Non è maggior placere
Ninfa bella che mormora
Passacaglio a 41 (Diversi generi di Sonate opus 22, Venise, 1655)
Mio foco fatale
Sinfonia quarta2 (Il priomo sonate concertate, Venise 1607)
Ciaconna3 (Canzonie overo sonate…, Venise, 1637)
(1) Biagio Marini (V.1587-1663)
(2) Salomone Rossi Ebreo (v.1570-1643)
(3) Tarquinio Merula (1594-1665)