Instrument Spotlight: The Theorbo
The undisputed giraffe of the baroque orchestra is the theorbo, that double-necked thing that has the body of a lute, is plucked like a lute, but has a ridiculous extension that makes the instrument stick.
Author: Richard Stone
A “Thousand-Guilder” Tune?
Why the money title? We puzzled for a while over why Rittler’s 1000-Guilder Sonata, the second work on this program, has such an enigmatic title. Was it composed for a 1000-guilder commission? Is there a melody called “1000 Guilders”.
a Salterio? A Cimbalom? A Pantalon?
Tempesta’s upcoming program Women of Antiquity includes three arias by Georg Reutter, that call for a special instrument, the “salterio”, a hammered dulcimer whose name comes from the same root as “psaltry” in English. What.
The “Three Tenors” of Lute Music: Bach, Muffat & Weiss
Three Pieces for lute that share the stage in comfort. As I practice my way through the opening show of Tempesta’s very different 2020–2021 season, a program that happens to be my solo lute recital,.
3. Anonymous — Ceské Vánoce
3. The Great Composer: Anonymous Some of the names in Karl II’s music collection at Kroměříž are of known “thought leaders” in the field, composers whose music was widely known, respected and imitated by others..
2. A Czech Christmas — Ceské Vánoce
2. The Archbishop’s Chateau The archbishop’s chateau, a UNESCO World Heritage site where the original manuscripts for our December concert repertoire are housed, stands just off the Great Square (Velké naměsty) in the the heart.
An Introduction — A Czech Christmas
1. The Kroměříž Musical Archive Kroměříž (KRÓ-mnye-rzīzh) is a seemingly modest hamlet in the Moravian region within what was once the Bohemian Lands, now the modern Czech Republic, or, if you prefer, Czechia. The archiepiscopal.
Silvius Leopold Weiss Part 4
4. Weiss’ Ensemble Music, Reconstruction, and the Duets Themselves Only seventeen Weiss ensemble works remain today, though inventories list 70 concertos, trios and duets. For fifteen of these, only single lute parts remain, such as.
More on the Weiss Duets
Ric3. What Makes the Weiss Lute Duets Special What’s particularly fun about playing these duets with my duo partner is how music for two lutes pretty much doubles the compositional possibilities of what’s achievable in.
Silvius Leopold Weiss, Composer
2. Weiss The Composer Silvius Leopold Weiss is my favorite lute composer. His reputation stands today, as in his own time, as the finest lutenist and lute composer of the German high baroque, a period.