Tempesta at the International Handel Festival Göttingen, Germany (2009)
TOURING — CURRENT PROGRAMS
Tempesta di Mare has touring programs for chamber ensemble, large ensemble and orchestra. Chamber programs are available for 6, 4–5 and 3 performers.
Tempesta di Mare is represented in the United States by Nancy J. Christensen, MCM Artists
Phone: 201-833-2990
Web: www.mcmarts.com
Email: nchristensen@mcmarts.com
Contact our office about orchestral and other programs available for touring in conjunction with our Philadelphia series productions.
Tempesta di Mare is on the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT) roster. PennPAT offers support to presenters from across the mid-Atlantic region and Ohio for touring engagements with PennPAT roster artists. Find out more at the PennPAT website.
CHAMBER PROGRAMS
Bach Trio Sonatas
The six sonatas for organ (BWV 525–530) re-imagined for chamber ensemble
6 musicians: recorder, two violins/viola, lute, cello, harpsichord
Experience music that is rich, deep, wicked, jaunty, impish, profound, hard-rocking and so much
more, played by the group about which Time Out New York wrote: “…should make New Yorkers envy
Philadelphia for its sparkling baroque ensemble, Tempesta di Mare.”
- Sonata V, BWV 529 — recorder, violin, viola, continuo
- Sonata IV, BWV 528 — lute, harpsichord
- Sonata I, BWV 525 — recorder, violin, continuo
- Sonata III, BWV 527 — voice flute, violin, continuo
- Sonata II, BWV 526 — 2 violins, continuo
- Sonata VI, BWV 530 — soprano recorder, 2 violins, continuo
Bach Trio Sonatas at the 2011 Bach Festival of Philadelphia:
“The concert provided another example of the scholarship, musical imagination, and performing
skill that supports the best early music performances.” — Broad Street Review, June, 2011
Roman Nights
cantatas and chamber music by Handel and Scarlatti
6 musicians: soprano, recorder, two violins, lute, cello
Celebrations of love in all its forms—divine, passionate, idyllic and unrequited—by Rome’s
masters of the chamber cantata. With soprano Clara Rottsolk, and featuring repertoire from
April 2010 Chandos CD.
- Scarlatti: Concerto in C — recorder, 2 violins, continuo
- Handel: Alpestre monte — soprano, 2 violins, continuo
- Handel: Concerto III — recorder, 2 violins, continuo
- Scarlatti: Bella, s’io t’:amo — soprano, recorder, continuo
- Handel: Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op 2 No 5 — 2 violins, continuo
- Scarlatti: Bella dama di nome Santa — soprano, recorder, 2 violins, continuo
Roman Nights with Clara Rottsolk at the Frick Collection in New York City:
“The entire evening presented nothing but highlights.” — Nuvo, Indy’s alternative voice, June 2011
Scarlatti: Bella dama di nome Santa, “Il nome non vanta”
From Venice to Leipzig
Vivaldi, Bach and beyond
4 or 5 musicians: recorder/flute, violin, cello, lute, harpsichord
Italian fireworks and the German masterworks they inspired, including music by Veracini, Vivaldi,
Walther, Bach and Weiss.
- Vivaldi: Concerto in D, Op 37, No 2 — recorder, violin, continuo
- Bach, after Weiss: Suite in A, BWV 1025 — lute, harpsichord
- Veracini: Sonata V in C — recorder, continuo
- Telemann: “Paris” Quartet II in D — flute, violin, cello, continuo
- Telemann: Trio Sonata in D Minor — recorder, violin, continuo
- Walther: Aria XIV — violin, continuo
- Bach: Sonata V, BWV 529 — recorder, violin, continuo
Venice to Leipzig in Birmingham, Alabama:
“Tempesta di Mare performed with precision and passion. A sheer joy to hear.” — The Birmingham News, February 2010
The Grand Tour
Trios, duos and solos by Bach, Handel, Couperin, Mancini and Weiss
3 musicians: recorder/flute, cello, lute
This varied trio program takes a whirlwind tour around baroque Europe’s musical hotspots,
including Naples, Paris, Dresden and London, with flashy recorder sonatas, one of Bach’s
famous cello suites and solo lute music by Weiss.
- Mancini: Sonata X — recorder, continuo
- Bach: Suite I — cello
- Couperin: 2nd Concert Royal — flute, continuo
- Bach, after Weiss: Suite in A — voice flute, lute obbligato
- Weiss: SUite in B-flat— lute
- Handel: “Fitzwilliam” Sonata in D Minor — recorder, continuo
“So much of the sheer joy of Tempesta di Mare is listening to Roberts’ beautiful, rich tone and
brilliant passage work, and the manner in which those and every other weapon in her arsenal are
put in musical service.” — The Birmingham News, February, 2010
LARGE ENSEMBLE AND ORCHESTRA
Brandenburg V and Friends
Bach’s masterpiece with music that inspired and surrounded it
Chamber concertos and suites by Bach, Pachelbel, Telemann, Fasch and Graupner.
8 musicians: recorder/flute, two violins, viola, cello, bass, lute, harpsichord
- Bach: Brandenburg Concerto V — harpsichord, flute, violin, strings
- Pachelbel: Parthie a 4 — string, continuo
- Telemann: “Paris” Quartet II — flute, violin, cello, continuo
- Fasch: Lute Concerto — lute, strings, continuo
- Graupner: Suite in F — recorder, strings, continuo
Brandenburg V and Friends in Philadelphia:
“Virtuosity and daring originality that seemed fresh and right. An exceptional sense of chamber-music interplay.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2009
Der fantastische Herr Fasch
orchestral premieres and more by Johann Friedrich Fasch
Special program for Germany, 2011.
18 musicians: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon, 6 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, bass, theorbo, harpsichord
- Concerto for Orchestra in D
- Sinfonia in G Minor
- Orchestral Suite in A Minor (premiere)
- Lute Concerto in D Minor
- Concerto for Orchestra in G (premiere)
Der Fantastische Herr Fasch at the 2011 International Fasch Festival, Zerbst, Germany:
“Word among the audience was that, quite simply, this was the best Fasch they had ever heard
in all the years of the Zerbst Festtage.” — audience member blogging in prima la musica! April, 2011
Fasch: Concerto for Orchestra in G