Saint Paul Sunday: January 1999


	January 1999 January 3 - January 10 - January 17 - January 24 - January 31 The King's Noyse JANUARY 3, 1999 This week on Saint Paul Sunday, the King's Noyse, an ensemble specializing in music of the 16th and 17th centuries, will bring songs and dances from France and England. The program ranges from the high solemnity of French court music to the raucous earthiness of the English drinking song. The celebrated soprano Ellen Hargis, a member of the ensemble, shows her haunting artistry in a number of affecting ballads. At the Paris Court of Charles IX (1570-90) Anonymous: Mon Dieu la belle Entrée Claude LeJune: Allons, allons gay Claude LeJune: Je suis desheritée Pierre Phalèse: Les Bouffons Pierre Phalèse: Almade/Saltarello Pierre Phalèse: Schiarazula Marazula Anonymous: Ton amour ma maistresse Phalèse: Pavane and galliard "La Battaille" Anonymous: Laissez la verte couleur The 17th c English ballad Anonymous: The happy meeting Anonymous: Boatman Anonymous: Grimstock Anonymous: Emperor of the Moon Anonymous: Barbara Allen's cruelty Anonymous: Strawberries and cream Anonymous: Half hanniken Anonymous: Nottingham ale to the tune of "Lilli Burlero" The Bergen Woodwind Quintet JANUARY 10, 1999 Bill McGlaughlin welcomes an extraordinary ensemble from Norway this week on Saint Paul Sunday. The Bergen Woodwind Quintet, whose members are drawn from the principal chairs of the Bergen Philharmonic, will perform music 19th century Italy and 20th century Hungary and America. Each work reveals the remarkably versatile (and seldom-heard) character of the woodwind repertoire. Find more at their Web site. Giuseppe Maria Cambini: Quintet No. 2 David Maslanka: Quintet No. 2 Endre Szervánszky: Bläserquintett-Fuvósötös - I. Adagio/Allegro Anonymous 4 JANUARY 17, 1999 Talk about cult followings! On January 17th, the female vocal ensemble Anonymous 4 will sing bring the music of Hildegard of Bingen to Saint Paul Sunday. Both the singers and the composer, a medieval abbess, have won fervent popularity in recent years. Hildegard's visionary contributions to medicine, natural history, and theology have a timeless reach. Anonymous 4 will perform the festal chants she composed to honor Ursula, a fifth-century saint who, along with the 11,000 women she inspired, chose martyrdom over forced pagan marriage. This week's program places the ecstatic works Hildegard composed for Ursula's feast day in their original liturgical setting so that modern listeners can, in the words of Anonymous 4's Susan Hellauer, "experience the powerful impression they made on their first hearers, both as evocations of the holy events they commemorate, and as pure works of art." Anonymous 4 animates these ancient musical prayers with virtuosity and excitement. Related Web sites: Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi MPR's Hildegard von Bingen Feature PHOTOS: 1, 2 Ahrweil Antiphoner (13th c.): Hymn: Jesu corona virginum Hildegard (1098-1179): Responsory: Spiritui sancto Engelberg 314 (14th c.): Benedicamus domino Hildegard: Antiphon: Studium divinitatis Antiphoner: Psalm 92: Dominus regnavit/Studium divinitatis Hildegard: Hymn: O Ecclesia Engelberg 314: Benedicamus domino Hildegard: Hymn: Cum vox sanguinis Hildegard: Antiphon: O rubor sanguinis Antiphoner: Canticle: Magnificat anima mea Eugenia Zukerman, flute, with the Shanghai String Quartet JANUARY 24, 1999 In music as in life, collaboration often affords us our richest experiences... This week on Saint Paul Sunday, Bill McGlaughlin hosts five artists whose collaboration yields musical treasure. Flutist Eugenia Zukerman joins forces with the Shanghai String Quartet for works from China, Classical Europe, and the Victorian era in the United States. Living composer Zhou Long's "Old Fisherman" - a poem setting from a cycle called Poems of Tang - begins the program. Mozart's aria-like Flute Quartet in D (K. 285) and Amy Beach's luxuriant Theme and Variations (Opus 80) complete the hour. Eugenia Zukerman is perhaps best known for her weekly role as arts correspondent on CBS TV's Sunday Morning. In addition to frequent recording and performance, she's also a published novelist and memoirist. Since their widely acclaimed debut in 1987, the Shanghai String Quartet has been hailed as one of the leading quartets of our time. "For poetry, intelligence, and musical sympathy," notes the New York Times, "the Shanghai counts as among the finest young foursomes of the day." PHOTOS: Eugenia Zukerman, the Shanghai String Quartet Zhou Long: The Old Fisherman from Poems of Tang Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major, K 285 Amy Beach: Theme and Variations, Op. 80 Romanesca JANUARY 31, 1999 "Music that likes to live dangerously." That's how one critic characterizes the performances of Romanesca, an ensemble of violin, theorbo, and harpshichord appearing on Saint Paul Sunday this week. Romanesca's three virtuosi - Andrew Manze, Nigel North, and John Toll - refuse to think of early music concertizing as a cautious, archival endeavor. Following the traditions of the 17th and 18th century performance, they passionately improvise along their individual musical lines while phrasing and breathing as an ensemble. Listen in for music of Vivaldi, Pandolfi, and Biber - composers whose Baroque character Romanesca spices with fiery skill and continual harmonic surprises. Visit Romanesca's Web site at harmoniamundi.com. PHOTO: 1 Marini: Romanesca Biber: Sonata III Pandolfi: Sonata "La Cesta" Op. 3, No. 2 Vivaldi: "Manchester" Sonata No. 4 in D major, RV 755 FOR MORE BROADCAST LISTINGS: Program Catalog Dates Audio from previous shows is archived in the program catalog. Go to the catalog to listen to previous shows. 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