Programme

Programme: „Conversation“

Anonym (14th century): Tre fontane

Anonym (14th century): Lamento di Tristano
La Rotta
La Rotta della Manfredina

Wolfgang Stockmeier (1931–2015): Konversation (1977)

Giuseppe Giamberti (ca 1600 – ca 1663): Ballo di Mantua

Gasparo Zanetti (ca 1600 – ca 1660): La Mantovana

Giuseppe Giamberti: Civetta
Villan di Spagna
Solfeggiamento

Sören Sieg (*1966): Umlanjana (2018)
Inkumbulo ezi mandla
Isiwilili sabantwana
Ingoma yomngcelele yabantwana

Fulvio Caldini (*1959): Double Machine op. 33/D (2001)

Anonym (ca 1520): Pavana La Cornetta
Gagliarda La Traditoria

Jacques Moderne (ca 1500 – ca 1560): Basse danse Ta bonne grace

Anonym (ca 1520): Saltarello Zorzi

Giuseppe Giamberti: Bergamasca

Anonym (ca 1600): Bergamasca

Marco Uccellini (ca 1603–1680): Aria Sopra la Bergamasca

Frans Geysen (*1936): Duetto 3 (2003)

Matilda Pamment: The Revellers enter. . . (2003)

The Konversation program, named after Wolfgang Stockmeier’s composition Konversation (1977), brings medieval, renaissance and modern compositions arranged by the ensemble members, connected by shorter improvisations. Around fifteen recorders of various shapes and sizes and a comparable number of percussion instruments make it possible to create diverse sound combinations typical for the ensemble.

In addition to the title piece, the program will include several anonymous medieval and Renaissance dances. The Lyon publisher Jacques Moderne published in the collection Musicque de joye (ca. 1550) dozens of tunes popular at the time, some of which both flutists decorate in accordance with the knowledge of historical treatises, while the drummer handles the material more stylistically. A selection of dance and polyphonic compositions from the publication Duo tessuti con diversi solfeggiamenti (1657) by Giuseppe Giamberti are complemented by his own processing of melodies by Bergamasco and Mantovan, which can be considered Renaissance “standards” – harmonic schemes directly encouraging improvisation. From more contemporary music, listeners can look forward to, for example, the composition Double Machine (2001) by the Italian minimalist Fulvio Caldini or the African rhythms of Sören Sieg in three compositions from the collection Umlanjana (2018).