2023 Virtual Festival | The Three Sopranos

FESTIVAL CONCERT NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY’S JORDAN HALL • SATURDAY, JUNE 10 • 10:30PM

The Three Sopranos

FESTIVAL CONCERT

Earthly Delights for Angelic Voices

NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY’S JORDAN HALL • SUNDAY, JUNE 11 • 12:30PM

A Amanda Tribute to Anne, the Princess Royal Forsythe, soprano and Handel’s favorite pupil Dorothee Mields, soprano Cecilia mezzo-soprano Erik Duarte, Bosgraaf, recorder Boston Early Music Festival Francesco Corti, harpsichord Continuo Ensemble Sonata in C major George Frideric Handel Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors for Recorder and Basso Continuo, HWV 365 (1685–1759) Larghetto — Allegro — Larghetto — A tempo di Gavotta — Allegro Folle Domenico Mazzocchi Sonatacorterza in G minor Count Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1592–1665) for Recorder and Basso Continuo (1692–1766) Grave — Allegro — Sarabanda. Grave — Giga presto Mio core languisce Luigi Rossi Suite in D minor for Harpsichord, HWV 428 Handel (ca. 1597–1653) Prelude — Allegro — Allemande — Courante —Dorothee Air & Double Mields— Presto Sonata in alG tuo major, Op. 9, No. 7 Speranza pallore for [Voice] Flute and Basso Continuo Amanda Forsythe & Cecilia Duarte Andante — Allegro ma non tanto — Aria. Affettuoso; Disperate speranze Altro — Giga. Allegro moderato

Sonata in B minor for Voice Flute and Basso Continuo, HWV 367a Largo — Vivace — Furioso — Adagio — Alla breve — Boston Early Music Festival extends heartfelt thanks to Andante — A tempo di The menuet

Rossi Van Wassenaer Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646) Handel

SATURDAY, JUNE 10

Sonata seconda G minor Sdegno, campioninaudace for Recorder and Basso Continuo Grave — Allegro — Adagio — Giga presto Amanda Forsythe

Jean-Marie Leclair (l’aîné) Rossi (1697–1764)

Joan Margot Smith

2023 BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL

SUNDAY, JUNE 11

Sonata in E major, Op. 30, No. 7 Johann Christian Schickhardt for her leadership support of tonight’s performance by Amanda Forsythe, for Recorder and Basso Continuo (ca. 1681–1762) Dorothee Mields, Cecilia Duarte, and the Boston Early Music Festival Continuo Ensemble Allegro — Siciliano — Allegro — Allegro — Giga — Allegro

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2023 Virtual Festival | The Three Sopranos

Published on Aug 29, 2023

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Part of BEMF's 2023 Virtual Festival—A Celebration of Women: Encore! Learn more at https://bemf.org/2023-festival/festival-concerts/three-sopranos/ Long before the Three Tenors became a sensation, 17th-century Rome had the Three Sopranos, or “Le Canterine Romane,” the finest singers of the age who performed sublime vocal trios by the most beloved composers of the time: Luigi Rossi, Domenico Mazzocchi, and Marco Marazzoli. Upon hearing the original Canterine, one observer wrote, “This concert transported me into such ravishment, that I forgot my mortal condition and believed myself to be among the angels!” Be enraptured yourself as three of the world’s most alluring divas—Amanda Forsythe, Dorothee Mields, and Cecilia Duarte—present an unforgettable evening of vocal fireworks accompanied by the acclaimed artists of the BEMF Continuo Ensemble.