Here is a fun video clip from a young boy who created a Harpsichord made out of Legos – Enjoy!

Lenten Oratories: Music of Bonifazio Graziani & Giacomo Carissimi

Dates 2012:

Friday, February 24th – 8:00pm-9:30pm

*Saturday, February 25th – 7:30pm-9:00pm*

Sunday, February 26th – Intermezzo at 1:00, with Concert from 2:00pm-3:30pm

Venue – Friday & Sunday: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 1 Lourdes Place, Minneapolis, MN  55414-1062.  (Note:  Parking and Access information below.)

*Venue – Saturday:  Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, 1900 Wellesley Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105.

Once again, we bring you INTERMEZZO, a presentation by Don Livingston prior to the Sunday matinee.  These short presentations are designed to complement each concert of the season, with this one discussing and demonstrating the evolution of cantatas.  Your ticket for Friday, Saturday or Sunday is your admission for this special presentation.

INTERMEZZO Sunday, February 26th at 1:00pm

Concert Repertory:  Graziani’s only two existing oratories, based on the Old Testament story of Adam and Eve and the New Testament parable of The Prodigal Son.  Both are set with four Motets of Carissimi, which form the spiritual exercise for the 2012 Lenten Season. All transcriptions from manuscripts, these works demonstrate the similarities and unique differences in compositional style of these two composers of Marino Italy.

Parking – Our Lady of Lourdes  . . . Easiest place to park is in the underground parking structure next to the church.  Enter the structure off of SE 2nd Street.  Take the elevator to street level (3).  The church is across the street on the left.  Parking is self service, so you will need to pay with a credit card as you leave, using one of the automated kiosks.  So take your ticket with you.  As you leave the structure, you’ll need to use the gate on the right. (The one on the left is for contract parkers.)  Parking is $2/hour.  There is also limited street parking available, and the meters are free on Sunday.

Access – Our Lady of Lourdes – For Friday evening, enter door “Three” to the left of the main entrance at street level. We’ll wait in the Great Room until Stations of the Cross are finished at around 7:40 PM.  Sunday afternoon, use the main entrance.

Parking – Nativity of Our Lord – free parking in the church lot behind the adjacent school plus street parking.

The Ensemble

Singers

Soprano

Kristi Bergland, Heather Cogswell, Marta Daehn, Marita Link, Lisa Habeck, Margaret Weidner

Alto

Brian Link, Timothy Faatz, Lauren Vick, Christine Anameier

Tenor

Bill Pederson, Andrew Kane, Craig Lemming, Michael Schmidt

Bass

Douglas Shambo II, Garrick Comeaux

Theorbo

Tom Walker, Paul Berget

Viola da gamba

Mary Burke

Harpsichord

Bruce Jacobs

Organ

Donald Livingston

To some, it came as no surprise to hear such splendid music from Consortium Carissimi this past weekend. However, many of our audience members were new to Consortium…and they are already asking when the next concert is! There has been a lovely buzz ever since!

Here are just a few photos from the Sunday, September 18th concert.

Tomas Luis de Victoria

Repertory:

Music for All Saints and All Souls of the two Spaniards in Rome: Tomás de Victoria’s Requiem and Cristóbal de Morales’ Dialogue Motets.

Dates 2011:
Friday, November 11th – 7:30pm-9pm
Sunday, November 13th – 2pm-3:30pm

Venue: The Chapel of St. Mary at The Saint Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN

New with this concert: INTERMEZZO, a presentation prior to the Sunday matinee, designed to complement each concert of the season. Associate Artistic Director Don Livingston will moderate, and he invites you to “come and explore the historical period, musical styles, cultural settings, and performance context with the members of the Consortium Carissimi Ensemble and me!” Your ticket for either Friday or Sunday is your admission for this special presentation.

INTERMEZZO Sunday, November 13th at 1:00 p.m.

Tickets: $15 for Adults, $5 for Seniors & Students – BRING A FRIEND FOR FREE!

Musicians:

Kristi Bergland
Heather Cogswell
Marta Dehn
Lisa Habeck
Marita Link
Margaret Weidner

Christine Anameier
Timothy Faatz
Lauren Vick

Brian Link
Bill Pederson
Andrew Kane

Douglas Shambo II
Michael Schmidt
Garrick Comeaux

Donald Livingston

St. Louis in Rome: The Influence of Italian Baroque in France

Dates: Friday, September 16th from 7:30pm-9:00pm

Sunday, September 18th from 2:00pm-3:30pm

Venue: The Chapel of St. Mary at The Saint Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN

Repertory: Music of Carissimi’s most illustrious student, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Italian composers such as Bernardo Pasquini, Vincenzo Ugolini, Antonio Cifra and the violinist, Arcangelo Corelli, who were all active at the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in early-baroque Rome.

The Ensemble

Singers

Kristi Bergland, Heather Cogswell, Marita Link

Brian Link, William Pederson, Gary Ruschman

Douglas Shambo II, Garrick Comeaux

Violins

Miriam Scholz-Carlson

Ginna Watson

Theorbo

Tom Walker

Viola da gamba

Mary Burke

Organ

Donald Livingston

Upcoming programs will include music of the late renaissance and early baroque periods by noted composers Carissimi, Graziani, Victoria, and more.

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Thank you for your continued support of Consortium Carissimi.