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Scottish and Irish ballads are evocative, heartfelt, and often humorous! Even the English held these works in high esteem, and our own Ben Franklin adored these songs and considered them the height of great art. With New-York based guests Peter Walker (singer and a variety of small pipes) and Ryland Angel (singer).
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Complaints Through the Ages
“I am, therefore I complain.” Humans have always had things to complain about, ranging from life-threatening, quality-of-life issues to imagined or superficial annoyances that simply don’t fit into the notion of what a good day should hold.
Our musical exploration of complaining has an eclectic array of music from Medieval times through the Baroque: Scottish Ballads, French chansons, Dowland madrigals, powerful selections from passionate Italians (Monteverdi, Carissimi, and Sances) and more.
Lots of beauty, some sadness (maybe a few tears in those complaints) and quite a few laughs! With guest Ryland Angel (countertenor), and more!
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Fooled Ya!
Celebrate April Fool’s with Suzanne Bona, creator and host of the nationally syndicated “Sunday Baroque” radio program. She collaborates with La Follia to celebrate KMFA’s 50th anniversary.
In this April Fool’s special, we perform beautiful, often very famous, works, which are either completely mis-attributed or forgeries. It’s a concert of great fun with Suzanne personally engaging the audience. This concert also features the incomparable Liz Cass, Austin mezzo-soprano.
Can you spot the fakes?
1. Perhaps the most famous piece for pipe organ
2. The orchestral pieces arranged by Stravinsky in Pulcinella
3. A famous adagio for organ and strings
4. Perhaps the most famous Baroque opera aria ever
In addition, La Follia will perform music by composers whose true identities will astonish you.
In this concert, you can be certain of nothing… except great music, hosted by a national star, celebrating one of the best classical music radio stations in the USA.
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Fooled Ya!
Celebrate April Fool’s with Suzanne Bona, creator and host of the nationally syndicated “Sunday Baroque” radio program. She collaborates with La Follia to celebrate KMFA’s 50th anniversary.
In this April Fool’s special, we perform beautiful, often very famous, works, which are either completely mis-attributed or forgeries. It’s a concert of great fun with Suzanne personally engaging the audience. This concert also features the incomparable Liz Cass, Austin mezzo-soprano.
Can you spot the fakes?
1. Perhaps the most famous piece for pipe organ
2. The orchestral pieces arranged by Stravinsky in Pulcinella
3. A famous adagio for organ and strings
4. Perhaps the most famous Baroque opera aria ever
In addition, La Follia will perform music by composers whose true identities will astonish you.
In this concert, you can be certain of nothing… except great music, hosted by a national star, celebrating one of the best classical music radio stations in the USA.
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Fooled Ya!
Celebrate April Fool’s with Suzanne Bona, creator and host of the nationally syndicated “Sunday Baroque” radio program. She collaborates with La Follia to celebrate KMFA’s 50th anniversary.
In this April Fool’s special, we perform beautiful, often very famous, works, which are either completely mis-attributed or forgeries. It’s a concert of great fun with Suzanne personally engaging the audience. This concert also features the incomparable Liz Cass, Austin mezzo-soprano.
Can you spot the fakes?
1. Perhaps the most famous piece for pipe organ
2. The orchestral pieces arranged by Stravinsky in Pulcinella
3. A famous adagio for organ and strings
4. Perhaps the most famous Baroque opera aria ever
In addition, La Follia will perform music by composers whose true identities will astonish you.
In this concert, you can be certain of nothing… except great music, hosted by a national star, celebrating one of the best classical music radio stations in the USA.
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From meditative chant to rousing polyphony, TEMP explores the groundbreaking music of Leonin and Perotin of the 12th-century School of Notre-Dame, whose musical innovations are the foundation for almost all the music we enjoy today in the Western world. TEMP is proud to collaborate with Dr. Rebecca Baltzer, recognized worldwide as an expert on the music of Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Middle Ages.
Though solemn, a sense of joy and celebration permeate this music, echoing the ecstasy of the Marian movement during the 12th and 13th centuries. Rhythmically complex polyphonic pieces known as organum act as a wonderful complement to the dance-like conductus and the even older plainchant. We also include a few works that reveal the lighter sides of the lives of the monks with semi-secular works featuring vielle player, Mary Springfels, and harpist, Therese Honey. Guest artists Temmo Korisheli (California) and Ryland Angel (New York) join some of Austin’s best singers, including Jeffrey Jones Ragona, Steve Olivares, David Lopez, Tim O’Brien, and others.
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From meditative chant to rousing polyphony, TEMP explores the groundbreaking music of Leonin and Perotin of the 12th-century School of Notre-Dame, whose musical innovations are the foundation for almost all the music we enjoy today in the Western world. TEMP is proud to collaborate with Dr. Rebecca Baltzer, recognized worldwide as an expert on the music of Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Middle Ages.
Though solemn, a sense of joy and celebration permeate this music, echoing the ecstasy of the Marian movement during the 12th and 13th centuries. Rhythmically complex polyphonic pieces known as organum act as a wonderful complement to the dance-like conductus and the even older plainchant. We also include a few works that reveal the lighter sides of the lives of the monks with semi-secular works featuring vielle player, Mary Springfels, and harpist, Therese Honey. Guest artists Temmo Korisheli (California) and Ryland Angel (New York) join some of Austin’s best singers, including Jeffrey Jones Ragona, Steve Olivares, David Lopez, Tim O’Brien, and others.
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(February 27 through March 1)
Benissimo! Music Productions in collaboration with Trinity University will host a three-day symposium focusing on the music of Eastern Europe. Events will include performance, private teaching sessions and public master classes presented by Bulgarian guest artist and ethno-musicologist Eva Primack. The symposium will culminate in a public concert with performances by Voci, Trinity University Women’s Choir, and Eva Primack.