Fantastic Baroque!

Sacred Choral Works and Opera Choruses from the early Baroque to the early Classical periods in Latin America and Europe

Recorded live on Saturday, October 28, 2023
at Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA

Audio by Leszek Wojcik, and filmed by Charlette Media.
Directed by Christine Gevert

Performers:
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Christina Kay, Soprano
Alicia DePaolo, Mezzo Soprano
Augustine Mercante, Countertenor
Gregório Taniguchi, Tenor
Anicet Castel, Bass-Baritone

Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra
Crescendo Chorus

Program
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
Te Deum H.146 Prelude for orchestra
Te Deum à 8 H.145 Te Deum Laudamus / Tibi Cherubim / Dignare Domine
Christina Kay and Alicia DePaolo, sopranos; Sarah Bleasdale and Augustine Mercante, altos; Gregório Taniguchi and Igor Ferrerira, tenors, Anicet Castel and Gabriel García, basses; chorus and orchestra

Manuel de Zumaya (1678-1755)
“La bella incorrupta”
This piece is performed in memory of Bob & Mae Schmidle, dedicated by Lisa Keller
Coplas: 1. Christina Kay, Augustine Mercante, Gregório Taniguchi, 2. Alicia DePaolo, Sarah Bleasdale, Joseph Klebanoff, 3. Nadia Aguilar, Max Rook, Igor Ferrerira 4. Jordan Rose Lee, Mary Verdi, Doug Schmolze

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
“Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto” from Domine ad adjuvandum me (RV 593) for soprano and orchestra
Christina Kay, soprano

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
“Ein Feste Burg” TWV 8:7
motet for chorus and instruments ad libitum

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
“Betörte Welt” from Cantata BWV 94 for alto, traverso, and basso continuo
Augustine Mercante, countertenor, Rodrigo Tarraza, traverso

Domenico Zipoli (1688 – 1726)
“Domine ad adjuvandum me” – from Vísperas de San Ignacio for chorus and strings

Felicem diem – Happy Birthday
(Renaissance Polyphony by Christine Gevert)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Gloria in excelsis Deo BWV 191/I for chorus and orchestra
*This piece is performed in memory of Albert R. Raymond, Northfield Mount Hermon School, dedicated by Brian Farrell, and Susan Francisco

INTERMISSION

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Excerpts from Hippolyte et Aricie
Act 2: Ballo (Danse des Champs Elysées)
Act 1: Ensemble: “Princesse” Phèdre – Christina Kay, soprano, Aricie – Alicia DePaolo, mezzo soprano, Hippolyte – Gregório Taniguchi, tenor, and Chœur de Prêtresses – Jordan Rose Lee, Donna Castaner, Sarah Bleasdale / Aria “Périsse la vaine puissance” Phèdre – Christina Kay, soprano / “Dieux vengeurs” La Grande-Prêtresse – Christina Kay, soprano, and chorus / “Bruit de tonnerre”
Act 3: “Prélude pour le frémissement des flots” / “Mais de couroux” Thésée – Anicte Castel, baritone / Annonce / Recitativo “On vient demon retour rendre grace à Neptune” Thésée / “Marche des Matelots” / “Que ce rivage retentisse” Chorus of sailors

Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (1644-1728)
Excerpts from La Púrpura de la Rosa
“Loa a la púrpura de la Rosa”
Calíope – Christina Kay, Terpsichore – Alicia DePaolo, Euterpe – Sarah Bleasdale, Erato – Donna Castaner, Urania – Nadia Aguilar, Clio – Jordan Rose Lee, El Tiempo – Anicet Castel, España – Margie O’Brien, chorus and orchestra
“No puede amor”
Venus – Nadia Aguilar, mezzo soprano, Adonis – Christina Kay, soprano, Anicet Castel, baritone, and chorus

Christoph W. Gluck (1714-1787)
Excerpts from Orfeo ed Euridice Wq.30 (1762 version)
Act I: Aria “Gli sguardi tratienni” Amore – Christina Kay, soprano
Act II: Ballo Maestoso / “Chi mai dell’ Erebo” Chorus (Furies) / Ballo Presto / “Deh placatemi” Orfeo and Furies / “Misero giovane” Furies / “Mile pene” Orfeo
Orfeo (Euridice’s husband) – Augustine Mercante, countertenor, the chorus of the Furies of the Underworld

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Excerpts from The Tempest, Or The Enchanted Isle Z.631
“Full fathom five” Act 3/10: Air
Ariel – Christina Kay, soprano, and chorus
“No stars again shall hurt you” Act 6: Duet
*This piece is performed in memory of Anne Marie Leuchs Makuc – Elisabeth Enoch
Amphitrite – Christina Kay, soprano, Neptune – Anicet Castel, baritone, and chorus

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Excerpts from The Fairy Queen Z. 629
Prelude “Entry of Phoebus”
“When a cruel long winter” Air Phoebus – Gregório Taniguchi, tenor, and “Hail, great parent” chorus

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