Chiaroscuro: Sounds and Sights of Darkness and Light
Music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque
Chiaroscuro: Italian: [kjaroˈsku:ro]; chiaro (“clear” or “bright”), oscuro (“obscure” or “dark”)
Musicians
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Wayne Hankin, historical woodwinds/composer/arranger
Michael Leopold, lute
Ruth Berry, ‘cello
March 25, 2019
- Colgate University Chapel House
- Sights of Chiaroscuro will be shown at 4:15 and 5:45pm
- Sounds of Chiaroscuro will be performed beginning at 4:30pm
- Projected images from the Colgate University Picker Art Gallery collections (Nick West, curator)
- Admission is free
- Approximately 75 minutes, no intermission
- Reception following the performance
Program
O viridissima | Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) |
Le Ray au Soleil | Johannes Ciaconia (c.1370-1412) |
Kemp’s Jig | Anon. (15thc) |
My Sweetest Lesbia | Thomas Campion (1567-1610) |
Toccata Arpeggiata | Johannes Hieronymous Kapsberger (1580-1651) |
Torna, deh torna | Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) |
An Evening Hymn | Henry Purcell (1659-1695) |
Musette de choisi | Francois Couperin (1668-1733) |
Flammende Rose | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) |
Stabat Mater | Giovanni Felice Sances (c. 1600-1679) |
Sonata in g | Giovanni Paolo Cima (c.1570-1622) |
Flow My Tears | John Dowland (1563-1626) |
Stella Splendens | Anon. (14thc.) |
O frondens virga | Hildegard von Bingen |
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