![]() But this long series of variations gave chances for all the violins to seemingly improvise. Perhaps the audience needed more of an explanation of the “ciacona” of Johann Pezel. An amazing work, for which one had to say, “Eat your art out, Charles Ives.” But his Sonata Enharmonisch was written for two consorts–one playing in G minor, the other B minor. Johann Philipp Krieger is hardly known except to experts. One also had to admire the introductions by different members of the ensemble. Once this was accomplished (and it took a few pieces to get accustomed), one could admire not only the virtuosity, but the period instruments–with gut strings which frequently needed re‑tuning. Listening in the band‑shell, surrounded by towering Central Park trees and wandering audience members searching for seats, one had to overcome the airiness of the strings, the seemingly muddled al fresco sounds. The compositions here were originally meant for dark wood‑paneled palace halls, dimly lit by candles, with wine served to the aristocratic audiences by peruke‑topped valets. The music, though, eschewed Bach and Handel to concentrate on the unknown.Īnd that, in the century‑old Naumburg Bandshell, in the middle of vernal Central Park, was one of the challenges. ![]() ![]() Their trove, from the archives of European libraries, were temporally synonymous with Johann Sebastian Bach. These dozen‑plus string player with organ and theorbo are virtuosos of the highest order, their specialty finding and performing a plethora of mainly obscure pre‑18th Century music. So this introduction above was unjust to Acronym Baroque Ensemble. And Alessandro Scarlatti is a familiar name, though not as well‑known as his son Domenico. Yes, Biber’s The Battle is a well‑known terrific curiosity. Seriously even early Baroque devotees couldn’t identify most of the composers here. Inevitably, a few anti‑ Sonata a 8 in C major protestors stood outside Naumburg, antiphonally yelling, “ Clemens Thieme is Modally Mean!.” But they were quickly shushed out by the audience, so the concert of brass music could begin on time well, I put on my dancin’ gear, and took off for the park.” “ But when I heard that Acronym Baroque Music Ensemble was doing Johann Philipp Krieger’s Sonata a 4 in F major. “ I don’t particularly like music,” commented attendee Anthony Crumley. Which is why Naumburg Bandshell was packed tonight for the opening Central Park Summer Festivities. Or a Ciacona a 6 in B‑flat major like Johann Pezel. New Yorkers are a pretty rambunctious group, but all eight‑million of us can agree that nobody writes a Sonata a 6 in G minor like Andreas Kirchhoff. State Senator Brad Hoylman, introducing Acronym Baroque Ensemble “ I’ve just arrived from Albany, where the politics is not Baroque: It’s Medieval. Times Square Brass, Acronym Baroque Music Ensemble Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Battalia a 10 in D major Johannn Philipp Krieger: Sonata a 4 in F major Johann Pezel: Ciacona a 6 in B‑flat major – Sonata Enharmonisch a 8 in G minor Samuel Capricornus: Sonata a 8 in A minorįrancesco Cavalli: Canzona a 8 in C majorĪlessandro Scarlatti: Agar et Ismaele esiliati: Sinfonia a 4 Martin Kennedy: Opening Fanfare (World Premiere)Īnonymous (Biber?/Schmelzer?): Sonata Jucunda a 5 in D minor
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