SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2024 AT 4 PM
JORDI SAVALL, VIOLA DA GAMBA AND CONDUCTOR
HESPÈRION XXI (EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE)
LE NUOVE MUSICHE
THE BAROQUE REVOLUTION IN EUROPE (1560 - 1660)
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba, conductor
“If there were no Jordi Savall, we’d all live on a musically smaller planet.”— San Francisco Classical Voice
“The glorious ensemble sound of Hespèrion XXI featured period-instrument textures rendered with a delicacy and clarity sufficient to make a listener truly feel like a time traveler. — The New York Times
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
Jordi Savall and his legendary ensemble, Hespèrion XXI, will explore 100 years of musical history in a fascinating concert of music by early Baroque masters.
For more than 50 years, Jordi Savall has rescued musical gems from the obscurity of neglect and oblivion and given them back for all to enjoy. A tireless advocate for early music, he interprets and performs the repertory both as a viola da gambist and a conductor.
Savall founded the ancient music ensemble Hespèrion XXI in 1974 as a way of recovering and disseminating the rich and fascinating musical repertoire prior to the 19th century on the basis of historical criteria and the use of original instruments. Today the ensemble is central to the understanding of the music of the period between the Middle Ages and the Baroque.
2023-2024
SEASON
October 15, 2023
Lysander Piano Trio
November 12, 2023
Angel Blue, soprano
Bryan Wagorn, piano
December 3, 2023
Brentano String Quartet
Antioch Chamber Choir
January 14, 2024
Goldmund String Quartet
February 18, 2024
Candlelit Music of The Spirit
March 10, 2024
Richard Goode, Piano
Late Beethoven
April 7, 2024
Jordi Savall, Conductor
Hespèrion XXI
May 12, 2024
Mothers Day Concert
June 2, 2024
Mozart’s Double Concertos
LOCATION
At West Side Presbyterian Church
6 South Monroe Street
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
For map and directions, click here.
CONCERT AMENITIES
Wheelchair Accessible
Free Parking for all concerts
FEATURING
PROGRAM
Le Nuove Musiche
The Baroque Revolution in Europe (1560 - 1660)
This program is approximately 75 Minutes in length
Program Notes
Vincenzo Ruffo (ca.1508-1587)
Capricci in musica a tre voci (Milano, 1564)
La Gamba – La Disperata – La Piva
Emilio de’ Cavalieri (ca.1550-1602)
Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo (Roma, 1600) Sinfonia
La Pellegrina: Intermedii et concerti (Siena, 1589) Ballo del Granduca
Tobias Hume (ca.1569-1645)
Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke (Londra, 1607)
The Lady Sussex delight
The Earle of Pembrookes Galiard
Anonymous (England, ca.1610)
Greensleeves to a Ground
Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654)
Ludi Musici (1621)
Galliard Battaglia, SSWV 59
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643)
Il primo libro delle canzoni (Rome, 1628)
Canzon terza, a due canti, F 8.14c
Andrea Falconiero (ca.1586-1656)
Il primo libro di canzone (Naples, 1650) Ciaccona
Juan García de Zéspedes (1619-1678)
Guaracha
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (ca.1580 - 1651)
Libro terzo d’intavolatura di chitarrone (Roma, 1626)
Variations on the Folia
Anonymous (Spain, ca.1660)
Diferencias sobre la Folía
Andrea Falconiero
l primo libro di canzone (Naples, 1650) Passacalle
Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale (Venice, 1655) Passacaglio
Tarquino Merula (1595-1665)
Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera (Venice, 1637) Chiaccona
Antonio Valente (ca.1520-ca.1580)
Intavolatura de cimbalo (Naples, 1576) Gallarda Napolitana
Watch viola gambist Jordi Savall perform La Rêveuse: Les folies d’Espagne de Marin Marais:
Watch Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI play an excerpt from Lachrimae Caravaggio:
This program has been made possible in part by a grant administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs from funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.