2023/24 Season: Le Consort

Le Consort FR IDAY, FE B R U A RY 2 3 , 2 02 4 8PM | First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Cambridge, MA

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International Baroque Opera • Celebrated Concerts • World-Famous Exhibition

The Packard Humanities Institute is pleased to announce the publication of

The Operas of Johann Christian Bach An Introduction Edited by Jason B. Grant

Contents: Johann Christian Bach: A Life in Opera, by John A. Rice Artaserse, by Margaret R. Butler Catone in Utica and Alessandro nell’Indie, by Lucio Tufano Orione, ossia Diana vendicata and Zanaida, by Michael Burden Adriano in Siria, by John A. Rice Carattaco, by Stephen Roe Temistocle and Lucio Silla, by Paul Corneilson La clemenza di Scipione, by Karl Böhmer Amadis de Gaule, by Beverly Wilcox IsBn 978-1-938325-51-9 (2023; xiii, 160 pp.) $30 Order your copy at jcbach.org or orders@pssc.com

CELEBRATING MUSIC AND PLACE

18–24 OCTOBER 2024

Photograph ©Ben Ealovega

ATOL 3622 | ABTOT 5468 | AITO 5085

The south-east corner of Sicily is blessed with many delights, among them a number of gorgeous 18th- and 19th-century theatres. This festival presents five performances in a selection of these atmospheric buildings, all of which are located amid breathtakingly beautiful Baroque towns and cities. Stay throughout in historic Ortygia, one of the loveliest coastal towns in Italy.

MARTIN RANDALL FESTIVALS bring together world-class musicians for a sequence of private concerts in Europe’s most glorious buildings, many of which are not normally accessible. We take care of all logistics, from flights and hotels to pre-concert talks. Festivals in 2024 also include: Salzburg String Quartet Festival (7–12 May), Mozart Along the Danube (28 July– 4 August) and The Divine Office (30 September– 4 October).

Find out more: martinrandall.com 1-800-988-6168

Exhibitions Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality Through March 10, 2024

Seen Together: Acquisitions in Photography Through May 26, 2024

Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature February 23 through June 9, 2024

Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio April 12 through October 6, 2024

Liberty to the Imagination: Drawings from the Eveillard Gift June 7 through October 6, 2024

Music at the Morgan Frisson

Rush Hour Music in J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library Tuesday, February 20, 2024 6:30-7:30 PM

Risa Hokamura, violin Albert Cano Smit, piano Young Concert Artists Wednesday, February 28, 2024 12:00-1:00 PM

Far and Away: Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & June 28 through September 22, 2024 Chamber Ensembles A Garden of Earthly Delights at the Papal Court: Marco Marazzoli’s extravagant musical entertainments Sunday, March 3, 2024 3:00-5:00 PM

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble

For information visit themorgan.org/programs

The Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street New York City

The concert program is made possible by assistance from Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky, the Joan and Alan Ades-Taub Family Foundation, the Esther Simon Charitable Trust, the Witherspoon Fund of the New York Community Trust, the Theodore H. Barth Foundation, and the following endowed funds: the Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund for Concerts and Lectures; and the Celia Ascher Endowment Fund.

Upper: Risa Hokamura, photography by Sho Yamada. Lower: Leaf of a Register of Creditors of a Bolognese Lending Society, Italy, Bologna, ca. 1390–1400. Single leaf. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1056, fol. 1v detail.

W ELCOM E Dear Friends, We are delighted to launch the second half of our 34th Season with two spectacular ensembles making their much-anticipated BEMF débuts, both in the warm and intimate setting of First Church in Cambridge: Opera Prima on Saturday, February 3, and Le Consort on Friday, February 23.

Founded by acclaimed viola da gamba virtuoso Cristiano Contadin, Opera Prima is dedicated to exploring the rich repertoire of the Italian Seicento, in compelling performances overflowing with vitality and elegance. They are joined by superstar soprano Amanda Forsythe, long a favorite of Boston audiences, in a program of stunning masterpieces by over a dozen composers that explore the myriad passions of the human soul, including works by Monteverdi, Rossi, Merula, and Caccini.

Moving later in the Baroque and expanding outward from Italy, the dynamic artists of Le Consort, who have enjoyed acclaim for their sensual and engaging interpretations of the trio sonata repertoire, take the listener on a whirlwind tour of Italy, Germany, England, and France. Their program features the music of Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli, Purcell, Rameau, among others, and includes two fantastic Folias.

We hope you will join us for the final three concerts of our season, beginning on Saturday, March 2 at NEC’s Jordan Hall in Boston with the BEMF Vocal and Chamber Ensembles, in a program featuring the modern premieres of five kaleidoscopic chamber cantatas of Marco Marazzoli. Then, on Friday, April 5, again at NEC’s Jordan Hall, the great Catalan viola da gambist Jordi Savall returns to BEMF with Hespèrion XXI, in a program titled “Le Nuove Musiche: The Baroque Revolution.” The luminous British vocal ensemble Stile Antico rounds out the season on Friday, April 19 at St. Paul Church in Cambridge.

Thank you for joining us for tonight’s performance, whether live or virtually, and as always, please accept our heartfelt thanks for your continued support of and enthusiasm for the Boston Early Music Festival.

Kathleen Fay Executive Director

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Boson Early Music Fesival M AN AG E M E N T Kathleen Fay, Executive Director Carla Chrisfield, General Manager Maria van Kalken, Assistant to the Executive Director Brian Stuart, Director of Marketing and Publicity Elizabeth Hardy, Marketing and Development Associate & Exhibition Manager Perry Emerson, Operations Manager Corey King, Box Office and Patron Services Manager Andrew Sigel, Publications Editor Nina Stern, Director of Community Engagement

AR T IS T IC L E AD E R SHIP Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Artistic Directors Gilbert Blin, Opera Director Robert Mealy, Orchestra Director Melinda Sullivan, Lucy Graham Dance Director

B OAR D OF D IR E C T OR S Bernice K. Chen, Chairman | David Halstead, President Brit d’Arbeloff, Vice President | Susan L. Robinson, Vice President Adrian C. Touw, Treasurer | Peter L. Faber, Clerk Michael Ellmann | George L. Hardman | Ellen T. Harris | Glenn A. KnicKrehm Robert E. Kulp, Jr. | Miles Morgan | Bettina A. Norton Lee S. Ridgway | Ganesh Sundaram | Christoph Wolff

B OAR D OF OVE R S E E R S Diane Britton | Gregory E. Bulger | James S. Nicolson Amanda Pond | Robert Strassler | Donald E. Vaughan

B OAR D OF T R US T E E S Marty Gottron & John Felton, Co-Chairs Deborah Ferro Burke | Mary Deissler | James A. Glazier Edward B. Kellogg | Douglas M. Robbe | Jacob Skowronek

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M E M B ER S OF T HE B E M F C OR PORATION Jon Aaron Debra K.S. Anderson Kathryn Bertelli Mary Briggs Diane Britton Douglas M. Brooks Gregory E. Bulger Julian G. Bullitt Deborah Ferro Burke John A. Carey Anne P. Chalmers Bernice K. Chen Joel I. Cohen Brit d’Arbeloff Vivian Day Mary Deissler Peter L. DeWolf JoAnne W. Dickinson Richard J. Dix Alan Durfee Michael Ellmann Peter L. Faber Emily C. Farnsworth Kathleen Fay Lori Fay John Felton Frances C. Fitch Claire Fontijn James A. Glazier Marty Gottron Carol A. Haber David Halstead George L. Hardman

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Ellen T. Harris Rebecca Harris-Warrick Richard Hester Jessica Honigberg Jennifer Ritvo Hughes Edward B. Kellogg Thomas F. Kelly Glenn A. KnicKrehm Christine Kodis John Krzywicki Kathryn Kucharski Robert E. Kulp, Jr. Ellen Kushner Christopher Laconi Lois A. Lampson Thomas G. MacCracken William Magretta Bill McJohn Miles Morgan Nancy Netzer Amy H. Nicholls James S. Nicolson Bettina A. Norton Scott Offen Lorna E. Oleck Henry P.M. Paap James M. Perrin Bici Pettit-Barron Amanda Pond Melvyn Pond Paul Rabin Christa Rakich Lee S. Ridgway

Michael Rigsby Douglas M. Robbe Michael Robbins Susan L. Robinson Patsy Rogers Wendy Rolfe-Dunham Loretto Roney Thomas Roney Ellen Rosand Valerie Sarles David W. Scudder Andrew Sigel Jacob Skowronek Arlene Snyder Jon Solins Robert Strassler Ganesh Sundaram Adrian C. Touw Peggy Ueda Donald E. Vaughan Ingeborg von Huene† Nikolaus von Huene Howard J. Wagner Benjamin D. Weiss Ruth S. Westheimer Allan Winkler Hal Winslow Christoph Wolff Arnold B. Zetcher Ellen Zetcher

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Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Artistic Directors

2023/24 SEASON Opera Prima

CRISTIANO CONTADIN, Director & viola da gamba AMANDA FORSYTHE, soprano

SATURDAY, FE B R U A RY 3 | 8 P M

First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Cambridge, MA Founded by famed viola da gamba virtuoso Cristiano Contadin, Opera Prima explores the Italian repertoire of the 17th century with technical mastery and buoyant enthusiasm. They make their BEMF début alongside superstar soprano Amanda Forsythe in a program of stunningly evocative masterpieces by Monteverdi, Rossi, Merula, Caccini, and others that explore the passions of the human soul.

VIRTUAL AVAILABILITY: FEBRUARY 17 – MARCH 3

Le Consort F RIDAY, FE B R U A RY 2 3 | 8 P M

First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Cambridge, MA The captivating musicians of Le Consort interpret the trio sonata repertoire with enthusiasm, sincerity, and modernity. Their performances have won accolades around the world for their dynamic and sensual virtuosity. Join them for a whirlwind tour through Baroque Europe, illustrating the immense expressive range and creativity of Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli, Purcell, Rameau, and others.

VIRTUAL AVAILABILITY: MARCH 8 – MARCH 22

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BEMF Vocal & Chamber Ensembles S AT U R DAY, M A RC H 2 | 8P M NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Marco Marazzoli’s extravagant musical entertainments, with a kaleidoscopic variety of vocal music, are brought to life by an all-star roster of singers and instrumentalists in the modern premiere of these magnificent works.

VIRTUAL AVAILABILITY: MARCH 16 – MARCH 30

Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI F R IDAY, A PRI L 5 | 8PM NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Early Music superstar Jordi Savall returns to Boston to bring life to the “new music” that took Europe by storm at the start of the Baroque period from 1560 to 1660.

VIRTUAL AVAILABILITY: APRIL 20 – MAY 4

Stile Antico F R IDAY, A P R I L 19 | 8PM St. Paul Church, Cambridge, MA

One of the world’s most vibrant and expressive vocal ensembles tells the story of Dante’s Divine Comedy and the journey from inferno to paradise with breathtaking Renaissance music.

VIRTUAL AVAILABILITY: MAY 3 – MAY 17

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Boson Early Music Fesival 2023/24 Named Gift Sponsorships

Boston Early Music Festival extends sincere thanks to the following individuals for their leadership support of our 2023/24 Season:

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Bernice K. Chen

Sponsor of the April 2024 performance by Hespèrion XXI and Jordi Savall, Director Sponsor of the Virtual performance by Hespèrion XXI

David M. Kozak and Anne Pistell

Sponsors of the December 2023 performance by The Tallis Scholars and Peter Phillips, Director

David Halstead and Jay Santos

Sponsors of the October 2023 performance by Le Poème Harmonique

Susan L. Robinson

Sponsor of the November 2023 performance by I Gemelli

Andrew Sigel

Sponsor of James Reese, tenor, and Jesse Blumberg, baritone, for the March 2024 performance by the BEMF Vocal & Chamber Ensembles

Diane and John Paul Britton

Sponsors of Amanda Forsythe, soprano, for her February 2024 performance with Opera Prima

Donald E. Vaughan and Lee S. Ridgway

Sponsors of Zachary Wilder, tenor, for his November 2023 performance with I Gemelli

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Not only do Named Gifts help provide the crucial financial support required to present a full season of extraordinary performances, but they are doubly meaningful in that they send a message of thanks to your most beloved artist, musicians, and directors—that their work means something to you.

You can help make this list grow. For more information about investing in BEMF performances with a Named Gift, please email Kathleen Fay at kathy@bemf.org, or call the BEMF office at 617-661-1812. Your support makes a difference. Thank you.

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PRESENTS

Le Consort Sophie de Bardonnèche & Augusta McKay Lodge*, violin Hanna Salzenstein, violoncello Justin Taylor, harpsichord *Le Consort is grateful to Augusta McKay Lodge for performing with us while Théotime Langlois de Swarte is away on paternity leave for the birth of his second child

A Journey Through Baroque Europe Trio Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 1 Preludio: Grave — Allemanda: Allegro — Adagio — Capriccio: Allegro — Gavotta From Violin Sonata, Op. 2, No. 1 Grave Trio Sonata in C major, Op. 4, No. 1 Preludio: Largo — Corrente: Allegro — Adagio — Allemanda: Presto

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) Giovanni Battista Reali (1681–1751) Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)

Gavotte et ses doubles Excerpts from Les Indes galantes

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)

Trio Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 3 Adagio — Allegro — Adagio — Giga

Jean-François Dandrieu (1682–1738)

La Folia, Op. 1, No. 12

Reali

m INTERMISSION n Sarabanda Amorosa

Nicola Matteis (d. ca. 1700)

Sonata VI in Four Parts in G minor, Z807

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1038 Largo — Vivace — Adagio — Presto

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Andante, BWV 974 (after Alessandro Marcello)

Bach

Trio Sonata in D minor, Op. 1, No. 12, “Folia”

Vivaldi

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Double-manual French harpsichord by Allan Winkler, Medford, Massachusetts, 1991, after Donzelague, property of the Boston Early Music Festival.

LIVE CONCERT Friday, February 23, 2023 at 8pm First Church in Cambridge, Congregational 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts VIRTUAL CONCERT Friday, March 8, 2023 – Friday, March 22, 2023 BEMF.org

Program subject to change.

Ball Square Films & Kathy Wittman, Video Production Antonio Oliart Ros, Recording Engineer

Le Consort appears by arrangement with David Rowe Artists www.davidroweartists.com www.leconsort.com

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2023 Chamber Opera Series Named Gift Sponsorships Boston Early Music Festival extends sincere thanks to the following individuals and institutions for their leadership support of the November 2023 performances of The Dragon of Wantley:

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Glenn A. KnicKrehm and Constellation Charitable Foundation Principal Production Sponsors

Lorna E. Oleck

Sponsor of Robert Mealy, Concertmaster, Melinda Sullivan, Choreographer, and Teresa Wakim, Margery

Andrew Sigel

Sponsor of Hannah De Priest, Mauxalinda, Aaron Sheehan, Moore, and John Taylor Ward, The Dragon

Bernice K. Chen

Sponsor of Gilbert Blin, Stage Director

Tony Elitcher and Andrea Taras

Sponsors of Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer

James A. Glazier

Sponsor of Stephen Stubbs, Musical Co-Director

David Halstead and Jay Santos

Sponsors of Paul O’Dette, Musical Co-Director

George L. Hardman

Sponsor of Gonzalo X. Ruiz, oboe

Harriet Lindblom

Sponsor of Michael Sponseller, harpsichord

Harold I. Pratt

Sponsor of Sarah Darling, viola

Donald E. Vaughan and Lee S. Ridgway Sponsors of Douglas Williams, Gubbins

Kenneth C. Ritchie and Paul T. Schmidt Sponsors of the pre-opera talks by Ellen T. Harris

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PR O GRA M NOT E S

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the city of Venice was home to violinists and genius composers. Antonio Vivaldi’s talents are beyond question: he has achieved lasting fame as one of the most inventive, prolific, and virtuosic composers of the Baroque period. The Sonata in G minor is the very first work Vivaldi published, when he was twenty-three years old. Its five sections mingle elements of the sonata da chiesa (Preludio and Adagio) with dances (Allemanda, Capriccio, and Gavotta).

Vivaldi first plunges us into the intensely contemplative atmosphere of a Venetian church, then surprises us with dance movements in which the violins vie with each other in virtuosity.

As for the violinist-composer Giovanni Battista Reali, his life is shrouded in mystery.

He published only two opus numbers: a set of twelve trio sonatas in 1709, followed in 1712 by solo sonatas for violin and bass continuo. That his trio sonatas were republished in Amsterdam by Estienne Roger in 1710 is proof that his works enjoyed a degree of success, but we know very little of his biography. He is mentioned as being a violinist in Venice’s Teatro San Fantin, then in 1727 as maestro di cappella for the Duke of Guastalla in Emilia-Romagna—after 2 023/ 20 2 4 SEASON

which we lose all trace of him. This Grave is an intimate duet of two violins.

ARCANGELO CORELLI The trio sonata was born during the second half of the seventeenth century and it was Arcangelo Corelli, the master of the genre, who developed, established, and popularized it throughout Europe. A violin virtuoso himself, he devoted his entire output to that instrument.

Of the six sets of compositions he left behind, the first four are devoted to the trio with two violins, which became the paramount ensemble of the Baroque era. The immensely famed Corelli became a model for his contemporaries, with a strong influence on the composers of his own time and on succeeding generations as well. Publication of his works was keenly anticipated in the whole of Europe, each new opus enjoying a success even greater than the last. The Sonata in C major is luminous, with a breathtaking third movement.

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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU In Gavotte et ses doubles, the term “double,” derived from the French air of the seventeenth century, denotes the variety of reprise of a piece. Here, Jean-Philippe Rameau has an “orchestral” bent; his variations are based on rhythm, harmony, melodic variation, and the interplay between registers.

Les Sauvages is undoubtedly Rameau’s most famous piece. Originally for harpsichord, it was orchestrated and inserted into the new “entrée” added in 1736 in his celebrated opera Les Indes galantes. Rameau’s source of inspiration was the presentation, in 1725, at the Théâtre des Italiens, of Indians from Louisiana dancing to the sounds of their instruments. Influenced by the exoticism of this encounter, he translated into music this obsessive rhythmic repetition.

The trio sonatas of Jean-François Dandrieu really do deserve a place in the very front rank of the chamber music of the period.

They show a mastery of style as well as a variety of astonishing character types. There are dances overflowing with energy, a playful, spirited counterpoint between the three voices, movements that seem suspended in time by the most expressive italianate ritardandi, with articulation, phrasing, rhythm, sweetness, passion—full of life. So who was Dandrieu?

Born in 1682, in the heart of Paris, on the l’Île de la Cité, Jean-François grew up in the family home. From his earliest years he devoted himself to music: even as a young boy he was able to play the harpsichord with tremendous facility. In 1687, aged only five, he presented himself at the court of Versailles before the Princess of the Palatinate, to whom he later 2 023/ 20 2 4 SEASON

dedicated his trio sonatas. On reaching adulthood, Dandrieu decided to consecrate himself to God, taking holy orders. Dandrieu’s Op. 1 sonatas carry special meaning for us, as they were the very first works we read during our initial rehearsals! Perhaps we felt a special connection since he was about our ages—23—when he published them.

Whatever the reasons, we felt a common bond with his Sonata in G minor. From our very first notes together we discovered the darting motifs of those descending appoggiaturas and there was, quite simply, a feeling we all shared: a common rhythm. The ensuing rapid, light-footed Allegro is marked by a fugue that is completely Italian in character. The third movement, meditative, quasi-liturgical, is a contemplation in an introspective lyrical form, without a trace of ostentation. The final Giga brings us back to the French style, with its bass voice recalling the full, earthy style of a Forqueray. For all of us, it was the moment of falling in love, both musically and emotionally.

This sonata has become our anthem, our watchword, an emblematic banner of our vision of the trio sonata.

Reali’s Folia has a highly original instrumentation—Reali adds an extra violoncello concertante part to the two violins and continuo, to enrich the mellifluous dialogue between the violins. He also introduces an extremely novel feature by altering the meter, changing the triple time of the Folia to duple time for the last two variations. The effect is quite dramatic, making the performer increase the pace (well before the term “accelerando” had appeared in any score)! Between the Corelli tradition and the influence of Vivaldi, Reali establishes his own eminently personal style, dramatizing the play of textures, resonances, and fragmented phrases in sumptuous and inspired harmonic language.

Although born in Naples, Nicola Matteis—a violinist of supreme accomplishment—spent his entire musical career in London. He brought to England an Italian lyricism and virtuosity, and created an eccentric type of Anglo-Italian melancholy which can be heard in the Sarabanda Amorosa.

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HENRY PURCELL The greatest musical genius of late seventeenth century London was undoubtedly Henry Purcell, an extraordinary musician present on all fronts. At a time when both the form and the instrument already belonged to a fastdisappearing world, he wrote the last fantasias for viols in the great English tradition. He was also enthusiastic about the newer violin and the Italian sonata. Purcell had his Sonatas of III Parts printed at his own expense in 1683, a significant risk for the youthful composer, still only twenty-four years old. And sadly, these works remained misunderstood: the 1683 collection, along with a successor of 1697 published by his widow after his death, sold so poorly that Frances Purcell was forced to remainder them, without being able to sell off her stock. Purcell, so beloved for his operas, had bad luck with his sonatas.

Yet from the very beginnings of our ensemble we have performed the wonderful Sonata VI. Built on a ground that repeats itself tirelessly, this work is a compendium of Purcell’s genius which question the human soul in its most intimate aspects, and through its emotional intensity remind us of Dido’s Lament by the same composer.

Bach’s Trio Sonata, BWV 1038, is enigmatic.

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Portrait by John Closterman (1695)

is even more visible in the Andante, BWV 974, adapted from a work originally by the Venetian composer Alessandro Marcello for oboe and orchestra. Bach discovered the score and decided to transcribe it for his own instrument, the harpsichord.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH The Sonata No. 12, Folia, by Vivaldi, is a masterpiece of the trio sonata repertoire, irresistible in its sheer momentum. The variations are built up impressively: by turns slow and fast, introspective and passionately fiery, they unfold organically with stylistic mastery, taking performers and listeners alike on a journey from intimacy to virtuosity. n —Copyright 2023 Sophie de Bardonnèche

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A RTIS T PROFIL E S

Le Consort, a leading Baroque chamber ensemble, comprises four young musicians who interpret the trio sonata repertoire with enthusiasm, sincerity, and modernity. The group’s mission is to bring together compelling musical personalities in the service of chamber music from the repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries. From Corelli to Vivaldi, from Purcell to Couperin, the dialogue between the two violins and the basso continuo displays a wealth of contrasts between vocality, sensuality, and virtuosity. Le Consort takes this genre, the quintessence of Baroque chamber music, and interprets it with a personal, dynamic, and colorful language.

With a core which has remained constant since their founding in 2016, Le Consort performances approach a level of musical integration typically found in long-standing string quartets. In 2017, they claimed First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Loire Valley International Early Music Competition, chaired by William Christie.

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(trio sonatas of Vivaldi alongside music of his less familiar contemporary, Giovanni Battista Reali), have earned numerous awards and extensive critical acclaim.

In the 2023–2024 season, Le Consort will make its North American début with concerts in cities across the continent, including Montreal, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, Kansas City, Berkeley, La Jolla, Vancouver, and many others. The ensemble has performed extensively throughout Europe, including at Radio France Auditorium and Louvre Auditorium in Paris, the Dijon Opera, the Deauville Easter Festival, the Arsenal in Metz, the MA Festival Brugge and in Antwerp de Singel (Belgium), the Pau Casals Foundation (Spain), and at the Misteria Paschalia Festival in Krakow (Poland). They have also been featured on numerous broadcasts on France 3, France Musique, France Inter, and Radio Classique.

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BEMF’S 2023 PRODUCTION OF DESMAREST’S CIRCÉ PHOTO: KATHY WITTMAN

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The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is universally recognized as a leader in the field of early music. Since its founding in 1980 by leading practitioners of historical performance in the United States and abroad, BEMF has promoted early music through a variety of diverse programs and activities, including an annual concert series that brings early music’s brightest stars to the Boston and New York concert stages, and the biennial weeklong Festival and Exhibition, recognized as “the world’s leading festival of early music” (The Times, London).

Through its programs BEMF has earned its place as North America’s premier presenting organization for music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods and has secured Boston’s reputation as “America’s early music capital” (Boston Globe).

I N TER NATI ONA L BA RO QU E O PE RA One of BEMF’s main goals is to unearth and present lesser-known Baroque operas performed by the world’s leading musicians armed with the latest information on period singing, orchestral performance, scenic design, costuming, dance, and staging. BEMF operas reproduce the Baroque’s stunning palette of sound by bringing together today’s leading operatic superstars and a wealth of instrumental talent from across the globe to one stage for historic presentations, all zestfully led from the pit by the BEMF Artistic Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, and creatively reimagined for the stage by BEMF Opera Director Gilbert Blin.

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was held in June 2023 and featured Henry Desmarest’s 1694 opera Circé from a libretto

by Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge, which saw the return of the Boston Early Music Festival Dance Company, a troupe of dancers under the guidance of BEMF Dance Director Melinda Sullivan. The twenty-third Festival, in June 2025, will have as its centerpiece Reinhard Keiser’s 1705 opera Octavia.

BEMF introduced its Chamber Opera Series during its annual concert season in November 2008, with a performance of John Blow’s Venus and Adonis and MarcAntoine Charpentier’s Actéon. The series focuses on the wealth of chamber operas composed during the Baroque period, while providing an increasing number of local 21

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opera aficionados the opportunity to attend one of BEMF’s superb offerings. Subsequent annual productions include George Frideric Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, combined performances of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs, Monteverdi’s Orfeo, a double bill of Pergolesi’s La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo, a production titled “Versailles” featuring Les Plaisirs de Versailles by Charpentier, Les Fontaines de Versailles by Michel-Richard de Lalande, and divertissements from Atys by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Francesca Caccini’s Alcina, the first opera written by a woman, a combination of Telemann’s Pimpinone and Ino, joint performances of Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix and Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil, and most recently John Frederick Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley. Acis and Galatea was revived and presented on a four-city North American Tour in early 2011, which included a performance at the American Handel Festival DANIELLE REUTTER-HARRAH IN BEMF’S 2021 PRODUCTION OF TELEMANN’S PIMPINONE PHOTO: KATHY WITTMAN

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in Seattle, and in 2014, BEMF’s second North American Tour featured the Charpentier double bill from 2011.

BEMF has a well-established and highly successful project to record some of its groundbreaking work in the field of Baroque opera. The first three recordings in this series were all nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, in 2005, 2007, and 2008: the 2003 Festival centerpiece Ariadne, by Johann Georg Conradi; Lully’s Thésée; and the 2007 Festival opera, Lully’s Psyché, which was hailed by BBC Music Magazine as “superbly realized…magnificent.” In addition, the BEMF recordings of Lully’s Thésée and Psyché received Gramophone Award Nominations in the Baroque Vocal category in 2008 and 2009, respectively. BEMF’s next three recordings on the German CPO label were drawn from its Chamber Opera Series: Charpentier’s Actéon, Blow’s Venus and Adonis, and a release of Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs, which won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the 2015 Echo Klassik Opera Recording of the Year (17th/18th Century Opera). Agostino Steffani’s Niobe, Regina di Tebe, featuring Philippe Jaroussky and Karina Gauvin, which was released in January 2015 on the Erato/ Warner Classics label in conjunction with a seven-city, four-country European concert tour of the opera, has been nominated for a Grammy Award, was named Gramophone’s Recording of the Month for March 2015, is the 2015 Echo Klassik World Premiere Recording of the Year, and has received a 2015 Diapason d’Or de l’Année and a 2015 Preis B OS T ON E AR LY M US I C F E ST I VAL

der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Handel’s Acis and Galatea was released in November 2015. In 2017, while maintaining the focus on Baroque opera, BEMF expanded the recording project to include other select Baroque vocal works: a new Steffani disc, Duets of Love and Passion, was released in September 2017 in conjunction with a six-city North American tour, and a recording of Johann Sebastiani’s St. Matthew Passion was released in March 2018. Four Baroque opera releases followed in 2019 and 2020: a disc of Charpentier’s chamber operas Les Plaisirs de Versailles and Les Arts Florissants was released at the June 2019 Festival, and has been nominated for a Grammy Award; the 2013 Festival opera, Handel’s Almira, was released in late 2019, and received a Diapason d’Or. Lalande’s chamber opera Les Fontaines de Versailles was featured on a September 2020 release of the composer’s works; Christoph Graupner’s opera Antiochus und Stratonica was released in December 2020.

BEMF’s recording of Desmarest’s Circé, the 2023 Festival opera, was released concurrently with the opera’s North American premiere, and the newest recording, Pergolesi’s La serva padrona and Livietta e Tracollo, was released in December 2023.

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Some of the most thrilling musical moments at the biennial Festival occur during one of the dozen or more concerts presented around the clock, which always include the acclaimed Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra led

by Orchestra Director Robert Mealy, and which often feature unique, once-in-a-lifetime collaborations and programs by the spectacular

array of talent assembled for the Festival week’s events. In 1989, BEMF established an annual concert series bringing early music’s leading soloists and ensembles to the Boston concert stage to meet the growing demand for regular world-class performances of early music’s beloved classics and newly discovered works. BEMF then expanded its concert series in 2006, when it extended its performances to New York City’s Gilder Lehrman Hall at the Morgan Library & Museum, providing “a shot in the arm for New York’s relatively modest early-music scene” (New York Times).

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The nerve center of the biennial Festival, the Exhibition is the largest event of its kind in the United States, showcasing nearly one hundred early instrument makers, music publishers, service organizations, schools and universities, and associated colleagues.

In 2013, Mozart’s own violin and viola were displayed at the Exhibition, in their first-ever visit to the United States. Every other June, hundreds of professional musicians, students, and enthusiasts come from around the world to purchase instruments, restock their libraries, learn about recent musicological developments, and renew old friendships. For four days, they visit the Exhibition booths to browse, discover, and purchase, and attend the dozens of symposia, masterclasses, and demonstration recitals, all of which encourage a deeper appreciation of early music, and strengthen relationships between musicians, participants, and audiences. n

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