Comments for Magnificat http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com a blog about the ensemble Magnificat and the art and culture of the 17th Century Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:37:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Isabella Leonarda – the Muse of Novarra by Tim Gibson http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/2011/01/12/isabella-leonarda-the-muse-of-novarra/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 Tim Gibson Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:37:07 +0000 http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/?p=2299#comment-1831 Enjoyed the Isabella L. sonata.Wish I could have it on CD. Enjoyed the Isabella L. sonata.Wish I could have it on CD.

]]> Comment on The Most Excellent Iacomo Carissimi by Denise http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/2011/11/01/the-most-excellent-iacomo-carissimi/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 Denise Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:35:07 +0000 http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/?p=2606#comment-1749 What amazing music! I just got back from listening to your Berkeley performance at St Mark's Episcopal. Wow... Thank you, also, for often selecting pieces like this with profound spiritual overtones. I was moved and nourished by the words and their meaning as well as the music... Thanks! What amazing music! I just got back from listening to your Berkeley performance at St Mark’s Episcopal. Wow…

Thank you, also, for often selecting pieces like this with profound spiritual overtones. I was moved and nourished by the words and their meaning as well as the music…

Thanks!

]]> Comment on 2010 Berkeley Festival Featured in NPR Documentary by Alan Curtis http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/2011/08/10/2010-berkeley-festival-featured-in-npr-documentary/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 Alan Curtis Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:11:26 +0000 http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/?p=2496#comment-1657 Dear Warren, Surprised that, usually so careful with your documentation, you use (as, alas, so many do) that portrait of a famous comedian (can't remember his name at the moment) as if he were Monteverdi. The only authentic oil portraits I know of are the Strozzi copy in Innsbruck and the (perhaps original?) better one in Vienna, Musikfreunde. Why not use one of them? I was with Robbins Landon in Venice in I think 1965 when he decided to pass that painting off as Monteverdi and put it on BBC TV. Tried to talk him out of it, but had no idea the deception would have such an unfortunately long-lasting effect! All best, Alan (in Lonigo, as usual) Dear Warren,
Surprised that, usually so careful with your documentation, you use (as, alas, so many do) that portrait of a famous comedian (can’t remember his name at the moment) as if he were Monteverdi. The only authentic oil portraits I know of are the Strozzi copy in Innsbruck and the (perhaps original?) better one in Vienna, Musikfreunde. Why not use one of them? I was with Robbins Landon in Venice in I think 1965 when he decided to pass that painting off as Monteverdi and put it on BBC TV. Tried to talk him out of it, but had no idea the deception would have such an unfortunately long-lasting effect! All best, Alan (in Lonigo, as usual)

]]> Comment on Did Caravaggio Die of Lead Poisoning? by Albert Anthony Aguilar http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/2010/02/24/did-caravaggio-die-of-lead-poisoning/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Albert Anthony Aguilar Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:45:39 +0000 http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/?p=1208#comment-1312 I'm very curious as to find out how this could be proven. I would like to be placed on your list. Much adored a GREAT MAN, Caravaggio ~A I’m very curious as to find out how this could be proven. I would like to be placed on your list.

Much adored a GREAT MAN, Caravaggio

~A

]]> Comment on The Noëls in Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit by Craig Zeichner http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/2010/12/06/the-noels-in-charpentiers-messe-de-minuit/comment-page-1/#comment-1182 Craig Zeichner Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:36:34 +0000 http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/?p=2184#comment-1182 Really nice piece! Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit may be the first piece of French baroque music I ever heard--I never tire of it. Really nice piece! Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit may be the first piece of French baroque music I ever heard–I never tire of it.

]]> Comment on Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier by “Sans frayeur” for Soprano and Basso Continuo by Marc-Antoine Charpentier http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/2010/11/18/magnificats-love-affair-with-charpentier/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 “Sans frayeur” for Soprano and Basso Continuo by Marc-Antoine Charpentier Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:58:27 +0000 http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/?p=2147#comment-1152 [...] “Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier” by Warren Stewart AKPC_IDS += "5917,"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "“Sans frayeur” for [...] [...] “Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier” by Warren Stewart AKPC_IDS += "5917,"; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "“Sans frayeur” for [...]

]]> Comment on Charpentier’s Music for Plays by Corneille and Poisson by Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier | Magnificat http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/2010/11/18/charpentiers-music-for-plays-by-corneille-and-poisson/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier | Magnificat Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:10:28 +0000 http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/?p=2142#comment-1038 [...] In the 2002-03 season, working together with musicologist John Powell, Magnificat assembled a program of music that Charpentier composed for stage works of Thomas Corneille (Circé, 1675 and La Pierre Philosophale, 1681) and Raymond Poisson (Les Fous Divertissants, 1680.) With these theatrical works – ranging from pastoral airs to lunatic raving, we returned to the entertaining world of the Le Malade Imaginaire. John’s informative program notes for these concerts can be read here. [...] [...] In the 2002-03 season, working together with musicologist John Powell, Magnificat assembled a program of music that Charpentier composed for stage works of Thomas Corneille (Circé, 1675 and La Pierre Philosophale, 1681) and Raymond Poisson (Les Fous Divertissants, 1680.) With these theatrical works – ranging from pastoral airs to lunatic raving, we returned to the entertaining world of the Le Malade Imaginaire. John’s informative program notes for these concerts can be read here. [...]

]]> Comment on Charpentier's Music for the Grand Dauphin by Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier | Magnificat http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/2008/09/07/charpentiers-music-for-the-grand-dauphin/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier | Magnificat Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:42:52 +0000 http://magnificatmusic.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/charpentiers-music-for-the-grand-dauphin/#comment-1026 [...] for the stage works of Moliere, Corneille and others, the intimate petits motets for the “Dauphin’s Music” and the sublime histoires sacreés from his time at the Jesuit Church of St. Louis and later [...] [...] for the stage works of Moliere, Corneille and others, the intimate petits motets for the “Dauphin’s Music” and the sublime histoires sacreés from his time at the Jesuit Church of St. Louis and later [...]

]]> Comment on Charpentier at L’Eglise St. Louis by Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier | Magnificat http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/2010/11/16/charpentier-at-leglise-st-louis/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier | Magnificat Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:42:37 +0000 http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/?p=2123#comment-1025 [...] for the “Dauphin’s Music” and the sublime histoires sacreés from his time at the Jesuit Church of St. Louis and later at the Sainte-Chapelle. It has truly been a privilege to offer our audiences the [...] [...] for the “Dauphin’s Music” and the sublime histoires sacreés from his time at the Jesuit Church of St. Louis and later at the Sainte-Chapelle. It has truly been a privilege to offer our audiences the [...]

]]> Comment on H. Wiley Hitchcock (1923-2007) by Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier | Magnificat http://blog.magnificatbaroque.com/2007/12/07/h-wiley-hitchcock-1923-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Magnificat’s Love Affair with Charpentier | Magnificat Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:42:18 +0000 http://magnificatmusic.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/h-wiley-hitchcock-1923-2007/#comment-1024 [...] Claude Crussard over a half century before and championed heroically in the intervening decades by H. Wiley Hitchcock, there were still relatively few recordings and even fewer modern editions of his works at the [...] [...] Claude Crussard over a half century before and championed heroically in the intervening decades by H. Wiley Hitchcock, there were still relatively few recordings and even fewer modern editions of his works at the [...]

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