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ANN MARIE MORGAN AND FRIENDS

“Contrasts”

Ann Marie Morgan has been delighting Happy Hour audiences since our second season. This year she teams up with MinTze Wu and David Crowe for a debute of this newly-formed trio.

Opening with Faure’s beloved Pavan and ending with the fiery Marais variations on the Folia (both pieces arranged for their instruments) provides excellent “trio bookends” to solos and duos featured throughout the program. They explore contrasts in the number of performers playing in a given piece, the variety of instrumental sounds and musical styles, along with the huge pitch range (low bass to high violin) – a feast for the ears and hearts.

 

The Performers
     MinTze Wu, violin
     Ann Marie Morgan, viola da gamba
     David Crowe, bass

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Program

Pavan, Op. 50 – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Sixth Ricercar – Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1659/60)

Sonata for unaccompanied viola da gamba, selections – Georg Friedrich Telemann (1681-1767)
     Vivace
     Andante
     Vivace

Mist Covered Mountain – Traditional Irish air 
Sarabande from D minor Partita – J.S. Bach
The Walls of Liscarroll – Traditional Irish jig 
Gigue from D minor Partita – J.S. Bach

“Couplets de folies” from Pièces de Violes, 2me livre (1701) – Marin Marais (1656-1728)

SPANISH CONSORT

“Más Allá de Hispania”

Jon Wassermann returns to Happy Hour with his group Spanish Consort in a lively program exploring musical riches from Hispania. In the antiquated world, the warning non plus ultra—“There’s nothing more beyond” —marked the edge of the known world at the Pillars of Hercules in the Gibraltar Strait. By the time Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas, the phrase had changed to plus ultra—“There’s more beyond.” It’s with this in mind that Spanish Consort presents Más Allá de Hispania—“Beyond Hispania.” This concert explores the rich collections of forgotten and underrepresented Spanish music that existed or survived outside of the Iberian Peninsula.  

 

The Performers
     Jon Wasserman
     Elisa Wicks
     Willow Stracuzzi
     Victor Gallego

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Program

Cachua la Despedida from Códice Martínez Compañón (1782) – anon.
“Yo Sé Que No Ha De Ganar” from Códice Zuola (17th C) – anon.

Jacaras from Cifras Selectas (1722) – Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739)
Cachua Serranita from Códice Zuola (17th C) – anon.

Cumbees from Códice Saldivar (1730) – Murcia
“Las Lanchas Para Baylar”from Códice Martínez Compañón (1782) – anon.
Entre Dos Alamos Verdes from Códice Zuola (17th C) – anon

Fandango from Códice Saldivar (1730) – Murcia

Marizapalos” from Códice Saldivar (1730) – Murcia

Folias Gallegas from Códice Saldivar (1730) – Murcia

Tonada el Diamante from Códice Martínez Compañón (1782) – anon.

 

About the Ensemble

The Spanish Consort highlights the importance of Hispanic history and patrimony around the world with a focus on the revival of music that is often forgotten in the modern programming of historical music. They aim to give light to the amazing and diverse repertoire that was performed and survived in Latin America and its influences from around the globe.