Angels & Underworlds; Music for Soprano and String Quartet
Wednesday October 10, 2007
at
1:15pm
Midtown Concerts
Wednesday, October 10 2007
1:15PM
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Jessica Gould, soprano, The Dodd String Quartet
Angels & Underworlds: Music for Soprano and String Quartet
The irresistible combination of voice and strings has sparked the imaginations of composers from Morley to Schoenberg. This program presents visions both sacred and secular, including a trip to heaven in Vivaldi’s ethereal motet, Nulla in mundo pax sincera, and a descent to Styx in Pergolesi’s turbulent and rarely heard cantata Orfeo. Soprano Jessica Gould is joined by the Dodd Quartet (Claire Jolivet, violin I; Theresa Salomon, violin II; Jessica Troy, viola; James Wilson, cello) and Carsten Schmidt, harpsichord.
Praised for “astonishing passaggi and ornaments, executed to perfection” (Lute News, UK), for her London recital debut, Jessica Gould has also been noted for “crystalline sounds” and for having “reached the heart of an enraptured English audience” (Traditional Music Maker, UK) for return engagements. Jessica appears as a guest soloist with the Four Nations Ensemble and can be heard on composer Eve Beglarian's CD “Tell the Birds,” a 2006 New World Records release.
The newly formed Dodd Quartet is named after the celebrated family of English bowmakers; performing on period instruments, the Dodd Quartet specializes in the repertoire that evolved hand in hand with the evolution in bowmaking in the latter half of the 18th century, from the Rococo through Haydn and his contemporaries, and through the turn of the 19th century. The NYC-based ensemble represents a wealth of collective musical and performing experience having been on stage with all the major period ensembles in the New York area: Concert Royal, New York Collegium, Clarion Orchestra, The Four Nations Ensemble, and Ensemble Rebel. Individual members have performed throughout the US and the world, at venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the City of London Festival, the Deutches Mozartfest in Bavaria and the Mostly Mozart Festival.
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