SOLO PROGRAMS
I have been organizing my existing solo repertoire and searching for new music to play on the variety of plucked string instruments currently at my disposal. I especially enjoy playing programs focused on a particular composer, style, or collection. These programs may be modified and combined in various ways. Please contact me to book a solo program or for additional information.
Joachim van den Hove: Delitiae Musicae
The second collection by one of the greatest lutenists of The Netherlands is rather less-explored than his other works. Particularly under-appreciated are van den Hove’s skillful intabulations of madrigals and motets. In this program, I create suites of pieces based on their ordering in the book and their musical characteristics. I also include a couple of van den Hove’s favorites, helpfully titled “Favorito.”
8-Course Lute Music from Herbert of Cherbury Lute Book
Most of the music from this source is for a 9-course lute, but by limiting my options to the pieces for 7- or 8-course lute, I found an interesting cross-section of music, and mostly avoided transposing low bass notes!
Julien Perrichon: Prelude
Daniel Bacheler: Pavana
John Dowland: Galliard
Julien Perrichon: Courante
Robert Ballard: Courante
Gabriel Bataille: Fantasia
Jacob Polonois: Prelude
Robert Johnson: Pavan
James Harden: Galliard
John Dowland: Almaine
Jacob Polonois: Courante
Jacques de Belleville: Courante
Simone Molinaro: Fantasia
Julien Perrichon: Prelude
Jacob Polonois: Courante
Daniel Bacheler: Pavan
John Dowland: Galliard
Daniel Bacheler: Almaine
Jacob Polonois: Fantasie
Theorbo solos from the Saizenay MS
The Saizenay MS is the best-known source for French theorbo music. While focusing on its most prominent composer, de Visée, I also wanted to include some less-performed music by Hotman (an emigré probably from Brussels, and of an earlier generation than de Visée) and Lemoyne (a colleague and contemporary of de Visée).
Robert de Visée and Nicolas Hotman: Pieces in D minor
Robert de Visée and Nicolas Hotman: Pieces in C major
Robert de Visée and Etienne Lemoyne: Pieces in G minor and C minor
De Visée/Hotman/Lemoyne: Pieces in G major and E minor
Robert de Visée: Pieces in B minor and D major
Baroque Guitar: (Italian) Masters of the French Style
Much as Lully did with French opera and orchestral music, the Italian guitarist Francesco Corbetta was influential in establishing a French style in 17th-century guitar music. De Visée composed a tombeau to Corbetta, and succeeded him at the court of Louis XIV. Bartolotti worked extensively in France, and developed an idiosyncratic blend of Italian and French styles in his guitar music. His writing demonstrates an impressive technical command of the instrument with an ingeneous use of campanella effects and high left hand positions.
Francesco Corbetta: Suite in D major (La Guitarre Royale)
Angelo Michele Bartolotti: Suite in A minor (2o Libro)
Robert de Visée: Suite in D minor (Livre de Guitarre)
Angelo Michele Bartolotti: Suite in G major (2o Libro)
Baroque Lute Masterworks of the 18th Century
SL Weiss: Sonata No. 21 in C minor
SL Weiss: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major
JS Bach: Pieces pour le lut, BWV 995
JG Weichenberger: Partie de M. Weichanberg (A minor)
SL Weiss: Partie No. 44 in A major
Romantic Guitar: works by Sor, Giuliani, Molino, and Matiegka
Fernando Sor: Morceau de Concert, Op. 54
Francesco Molino: Sonata Op. 6 No. 2
Wenzeslaus Matiegka: Sonata in E minor Op. 31 No. 4
Mauro Giuliani: Variations on a March by Cherubini, Op. 110
Classical Guitar: Sonatas and Interludes by David del Puerto
Guitar Sonata No. 4
Guitar Sonata No. 5
Dos Interludios
I. Sunset in Toledo
II. Grand Place, La Nuit
Guitar Sonata No. 6
ENSEMBLES
CantateKaravaan – Bach and other Baroque cantatas in Zeeland
Coline Kreis and Jeremy Bass – French Baroque music for viol and theorbo
David Whitwell and Jeremy Bass – Countertenor/Sackbut and theorbo
Sibila Ensemble – Medieval/Early Renaissance/Experimental
Suspirium Ensemble – Baroque chamber music