Texas Early Music Project

Daniel Johnson, Artistic Director

presents as part of its Italia Mia: That’s Amore concert season,

“The Full Monteverdi, Part 2”

Saturday, May 2, 2015, 8:00 pm

University Presbyterian Church, 2203 San Antonio Street, Austin, TX

Sunday, May 3, 2015, 3:00 pm

First Presbyterian Church, 8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, TX

Tickets available online at http://www.early-music.org/single-tickets/ or at the door, payable with cash, check, or credit card:

$30 general, $25 senior (age 60+), $5 student (at door with ID)

We end our love song to Italy with music by Monteverdi and by composers who were influenced by him and some who might even have influenced the master a bit!

There are very few composers whose careers have spanned two musical eras and even fewer who have excelled majestically in both eras. More than 50 years separated Claudio Monteverdi's first book of madrigals (1587) from his final large sacred and secular works in 1642, a time period that witnessed the transition of the musical Renaissance into the Baroque. We take a cue from the comedic movie The Full Monty to “expose” Monteverdi's artistic brilliance in his second career, that of the Baroque composer.

Some of Austin’s favorite vocal soloists are featured among the fourteen singers, including Jenifer Thyssen, Gitanjali Mathur, Meredith Ruduski, Cayla Cardiff, Jenny Houghton, Stephanie Prewitt, Jeffrey Jones Ragona, David Lopez, Paul D’Arcy, Brett Barnes, Steve Olivares, Thann Scoggin, and guest mezzo-soprano Erin Calata, from Seattle.

Frequent guest violinists Anna Griffis (Boston) and Boel Gidholm (Rochester) will lead our small chamber orchestra of cellos (Jane Leggiero & John Walters), theorbo & Baroque guitar (Scott Horton), triple harp (Elaine Barber), and harpsichord (Billy Traylor), and will provide accompaniment as well as instrumental variations.

TEMP’s final concert of the season will exhibit the beauty, passion, comedy, innovation, invention, and serenity of one of the most exciting periods in western musical history.

The fullness of Monteverdi and his milieu await.

For more information, visit the website at www.early-music.org, call 512-377-6961 and leave a message, or email info@early-music.org.