PROGRAM

Amanda Forsythe, soprano

Amanda Powell, soprano

Amanda Crider, mezzo-soprano

Jeannette Sorrell, direction, harpsichord, & program design

Francisco Fullana & Emi Tanabe, violin

Andrew Fouts, violin & viola

René Schiffer, cello

William Simms & Brian Kay, lute & theorbo

Parker Ramsay, baroque harp

Anthony Taddeo, percussion

I. Dance of Life

PRELUDE: El Cant dels Ocells (Song of the Birds) – trad. Catalan, arr. J. Sorrell

ANONYMOUS attributed to STEFANO LANDI (1587-1639) Passacaglia della Vita (Dance of Life), arr. J. Sorrell

II. In the Palace of Ferrara

ANDREA FALCONIERI (1586-1656) Ciaccona in G Major, arr. R. Schiffer

LUZZASCHO LUZZASCHI (1545-1607) Toccata del Quarto Tono – Parker Ramsay, harp Dolcezza amarissime (Trio per il Concerto delle Donne), arr. J. Sorrell

ALESSANDRO PICCININI (1566-1638) Toccata in G Minor – William Simms, theorbo

BIAGIO MARINI (1594-1663) Passacalio à 4 in G Minor, Op. 22 no. 25

SAMUEL FRIEDRICH CAPRICORNUS (1628-1665) O Felix Jucunditas (O Happy Delight), from Theatrum Musicium, arr. J. Sorrell

– Pause 10’ –

III. Love is Too Much

BENEDETTO FERRARI (1603-1681) Amanti, io so vi dire – Ms. Forsythe, soprano

MARINI Sonata sopra Fuggi dolente core, Op. 22 no. 21

LUZZASCHI Troppo ben può questo tiranno (Trio per il Concerto delle Donne), arr. J. Sorrell

IV. Disdain

BARBARA STROZZI (1619-1677) Che si può fare (What can be done?), Op. 8 – Ms. Powell, soprano

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Quel sguardo sdegnosetto, from the Scherzi Musicali – Ms. Crider, mezzo-soprano

VIRGILIO MAZZOCCHI (1597-1646) Sdegno, campion audace – Ms. Forsythe, soprano

V. The Allure of Spain

DIEGO ORTIZ (1510-1570) Two Recercadas from Trattado de Glosas, arr. J. Sorrell Recercada 7 sobre la Romanesca Recercada 2 sobre la Passamezzo moderno

JUAN ARAÑES (died c. 1649) Un Sarao de la Chacona (A Chacona Party), arr. J.Sorrell