Making It Live
“Hearing a piece of music that hasn’t spoken in 300 years is really exciting” Gwyn Roberts Those Magic Moments Some of the best times in Tempesta’s 20 years of history were those magic moments when.
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.
Dancing With Those Who Brought You: Happy 20th anniversary, Tempesta!
Tempesta di Mare turns 20 this year! It’s a big one! Hip hip hooray! And with thanks to Henry Purcell and his Ode for Queen Mary’s Birthday in 1694: “Come, ye Sons of Art, come.
“English Orpheus”: Opening up to love
“Music! That all-persuading art, Which soothes our griefs, inspires our joys, Soft love creates, stern rage destroys, And moulds at will each stubborn heart.” Overture text, by Newburgh Hamilton, to G. F. Handel’s opera Rinaldo.
Chance Encounter
How Tempesta di Mare discovered Georg Reutter It was, almost literally, a magic moment. One fine evening in June 2017, on a two-block walk through Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square, Richard Stone, Tempesta di Mare’s artistic co-director,.
Who was Georg Reutter the younger?
In his prime, Georg Reutter was “the single most influential musician in Vienna,” according to British musicologist, David Wyn Jones. He was also noted to be one of the most prolific composers of his time..
…But on to drinks!
As submitted by Adam Pearl as a special supplement to his Harpsichord Recital. So I love whisky (or whiskey) cocktails. It started with the simple Manhattan: Bourbon or Rye, bitters, vermouth and a garnish –.
1721: Time to Unwind—
1721. The title of Tempesta di Mare’s program might have you scratching your head. You might be wondering whether you forgot something special about 1721. It’s not usually a marquee date, after all. It’s not.
Musicians on the move
Expats & Immigrants— After 10 months of Covid restrictions, sometimes the walls seem to close in pretty tight. I’m sure many of us daydream about upping stakes and bolting. Lucky for us, Tempesta di Mare’s.