featuring Sonja Tengblad, soprano, and Bradford Gleim, baritone
Included in the collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a mid-16th century Neapolitan fresco depicting singers and instrumentalists crowding through a window. At this time in Naples, the world's first conservatories of music were being founded, sparking the development of opera and propagating formal musical training throughout the western world. AFC’s “Fresco” looks through this prism, at works by revered teachers (Scarlatti and Porpora), precocious pupils (Rossini), and Berio’s Violin Duos, meant to be shared by student and master. AFC will also proudly present the winning entry from its inaugural Young Composers Competition.
Program
Alessandro Scarlatti
Sinfonia from La caduta de’ Decemviri
Luciano Berio
Selections from Duetti per due Violini
New work by winner of AFC’s first Young Composers Competition
Gioachino Rossini
String Sonata No. 3 in C Major
Nicola Porpora
Calcante ed Achille