My first three hundred years
Meoires of a travelling viola da gamba

Viola da gamba

Program

Ferrara, Anno 1500
Josquin Des Prez In te, domine speravi
Heinrich Isaak Der Hund

Mantua, Anno 1540
Diego Ortiz Recercada Quinta pars
Cristóbal de Morales Beati sunt omnes qui timent Dominum
Diego Ortiz Recercada sobre "Doulce memoire" de Pierre Sandrin
Diego Ortiz Recercada segunda

My longest Trip: Rome - Madrid - London, Anno 1554
Juan Vásquez Hermosissima Maria
Anthony Holborne Pavan - Galiard

London, 1596
Alfonso Ferrabosco Pavan - Alman

London, Anno 1645
William Lawes Pavan - Aire

Innsbruck - Salzburg: 1646-1681
Heinrich Biber Sonata a cinque
Atilio Ariosti Prole tenere, cessa di piangere

Paris, 1690-1717
Nicolas de Clerambault Héros de siècles passés
Marin Marais Caprice a trois violes

Berlin - Potsdam, 1748

C. Ph. E. Bach Arioso

London, Anno 1787
Carl Friedrich Abel Adagio


Cast of characters:

The voice of the viola da gamba: Irene Schulmeister
The Viola da gamba by Kerrlino, Brescia, 1500 was played by the Viola da gamba by Ventura di Francesco Linarolo, Venice, 1585
All other instruments played themselves!

ORPHEON CONSORT

José Vázquez - violin, viola da gamba, direction
Christine Esser (Zürich) - soprano
Lúcia Krommer - viola da gamba
Christa Opriessnig - violin, viola da gamba
Margit Meckel - viola da gamba
Peter Benovic - viola da gamba
Eva Fürtinger - viola da gamba Vít Bébar - harpsichord, organ

Instrumentarium

Treble viol by Henry Jaye (London, ca. 1620) Violin by Nicolò Amati, Cremona, 1669
Treble viol by William Turner (London, 1647) Violin by Matthias Albanus, Bozen, ca. 1680
Treble viol by William Turner (London, 1656)
Bass viol by William Turner (London, ca. 1650)
Bass viol by Edward Lewis (London, 1687)
Bass viol by Giovanni Paolo Maggini
(Brescia, ca. 1600)
Harpsichord after Gio. Battista Giusti (1682)
Bass viol by Ventura Linarolo (Venice 1585) Orgel positiv von Alfred Poeschl, CH


 updated 01.11.2007