Songs of Love and Death
Selections from I Madrigali a cinque voci (Venice, 1542) by Cipriano de Rore (1515/16-1565)
Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 2 PM
Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick, ME
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art
In conjunction with the exhibit The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe
Monday, November 13, 2017 at 8 PM
Chapin Hall at Williams College, Williamstown, MA
The Williams College Music Department
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 1:30 PM
Student Union Building at Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY
Presented by the Queensborough Community College Department of Music
Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 6 PM (with Prof. Jessie Ann Owens)
Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. Auditorium
Presented by The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge
Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 7:30 PM
The Rotunda at Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA
Presented by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library
June 20, 2018 at 7:30 PM (with Prof. Jessie Ann Owens)
Private home in Wellesley
September 15, 2018 at 7:30 PM (with Prof. Jessie Ann Owens)
Colgate Memorial Chapel, Hamilton, NY
Presented by the Colgate Music Department as part of a Conference on the Italian Madrigal
1. Cantai mentre ch’i’ arsi del mio foco
ballata, Giovanni Brevio (d. after 1549), Rime (1545)
2. Hor che ’l ciel et la terra e ’l vento tace
sonnet, Francesco Petrarca (1304-74), Canzoniere 164
3. Poggiand’al ciel coll’ali del desio
sonnet, anonymous
5. Solea lontana in sonno consolarme
sonnet, Petrarca, Canzoniere 250
7. Strane rupi, aspri monti, alte tremanti
sonnet, Niccolò Amanio (1478/9-before 1528) or Luigi Tansillo (1510-68)
8. La vita fugge, et non s’arresta una hora
sonnet, Petrarca, Canzoniere 272
9. Tu piangi, e quella per chi fai tal pianto
sonnet, Antonio Tebaldeo (1463-1537), Rime (1498)
13. Perseguendomi Amor al luogo usato
sonnet, Petrarca, Canzoniere 110
17. Amor, che vedi ogni pensiero aperto
sonnet, Petrarca, Canzoniere 163
19. Hor che l’aria e la terra
madrigal, anonymous
BLUE HERON
Margot Rood, soprano
Martin Near, countertenor
Owen McIntosh, tenor
Jason McStoots, tenor
Sumner Thompson, tenor (except May 2018 concerts)
Jonas Budris, tenor (May 2018 concerts only)
Paul Guttry, bass
Scott Metcalfe, director
Alessandro Quarta, reader (Bowdoin only)
