Salut! Baroque. Artistic Directors

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2 Salut! Baroque Salut! has delighted Australian audiences for over 23 years in presenting the best of baroque with Australia s finest baroque musicians. Led by artistic directors Sally Melhuish and Tim Blomfield, the ensemble performs annual subscription series concerts in Canberra and Sydney and has released nine CDs. Artistic Directors Sally Melhuish & Tim Blomfield PO Box 388 Hall (Canberra) (Sydney) Salut@baroque.com.au Design & Photos: Paul Porteous

3 Baroque Emotions Emotions were the catalyst for the transition from the Renaissance to Baroque periods, although it represented a meandering stream rather than a torrent of innovation. Central to music s social and sacred functions was the Baroque musician an all-round composer, performer and teacher. As composers became more sensitive to the wide spectrum of emotions that could be expressed by voice and instruments, a new momentum emerged. Monteverdi was one of the first to imitate human emotions such as grief and passion and, in the early 1600s, he began developing his own emotional musical language: since I could not find an example for an impassioned mental state in the music of earlier composers... I began with all my energy to search for a passionate form of expression.... If music was reborn in the Renaissance, then it was reimagined in the Baroque. Join us in 2019 as we present the composers who dared to explore the musical edges of emotional expression. SYDNEY CONCERTS NEW DAY/TIME: Sydney concerts will now be on Sunday afternoons at 3pm in Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

4 Melancholy & Mirth E arly baroque music, much of it composed for the church, was often melancholy in character and meditative by nature. The gradual increase of separation between sacred and secular music opened new opportunities for composers to write purely for entertainment - such as Thomas D Urfey s pleasant and divertive set of songs, Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy (1698). This concert extends beyond Baroque entertainments to include Classical Mozart, both father and son. Leopold (in the 300th year of his birth) is represented by his witty Toy Symphony, while Wolfgang s celebrated Magic Flute is reimagined for the Csakan (the walking stick recorder) in an arrangement from 1793 by Franz Ehrenfried, who was keen to capitalise on its extraordinary popularity. Enjoy music by Mozart, Bach, Locatelli, Cimarosa, Matteis & Farina S CANBERRA: Friday 22 February, 7.30 pm Albert Hall, Commonwealth Avenue SYDNEY: Sunday 24 February, 3.00 pm Verbrugghen Hall, Conservatorium of Music

5 F Torment & Tranquillity Anger, ardour, vengeance, rage, fury, and all other such violent affections, are actually far better at making available all sorts of musical inventions than the gentle and pleasant passions... Johann Mattheson (1739) or a composer s creative mindset to inspire, a true master must craft emotional experiences into music using tools such as chromaticism, unresolved dissonances and choice of key to express the mood of the music. Christian Schubart s seminal work, Ideas towards an Aesthetic of Music (1806), established that specific characteristics of each key signature determine the emotion of the music. Thus, a piece composed in F major, for example, produces complaisance and calm, whereas the idiosyncrasies of F minor are deep depression, funereal lament, groans of misery and longing for the grave. Enjoy music by Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Purcell, Biber, WF Bach & Rebel S CANBERRA: Friday 24 May, 7.30 pm Albert Hall, Commonwealth Avenue SYDNEY: Sunday 26 May, 3.00 pm Verbrugghen Hall, Conservatorium of Music

6 Love & Grief S ome of the most exquisitely beautiful music written on the subjects of love and grief emerged during the Baroque period, with the realisation that music could stimulate intense emotion. As baroque composers embraced the philosophy of the doctrine of the affections (a belief that music, painting and theatre aroused emotions in the listener), drama and theatrics followed. Swooning passion and pitiful despair, sometimes within the same aria, were cleverly expressed through a combination of text and musical devices. Dramatic elements were added to operas, with composers such as Handel masterfully employing the da capo aria with its contrasting sections. Love, grief, passion and tears all flowed as never before. Enjoy music by Purcell, Monteverdi, Platti, Giacomelli, Vivaldi & Rebel S CANBERRA: Friday 16 August, 7.30 pm Albert Hall, Commonwealth Avenue SYDNEY: Sunday 18 August, 3.00 pm Verbrugghen Hall, Conservatorium of Music

7 War & Peace C ultural life suffered enormously as the Thirty Years War dragged on in Central Europe through the first half of the 17th century. Musical patronage declined sharply and with fewer musicians available, composers created more small-scale musical forms such as the trio sonata. Reflecting time and circumstance, composers inevitably focused on the misery and deprivation of war. By contrast, the post-war period saw a revitalisation of cultural life. Music became more euphoric, and patrons splashed out on more lavish musical resources. A similar euphoria occurred after the Restoration in 1660, when the ban on the arts was lifted and musical theatre flourished with the support of Charles II, leading to one of the most prolific periods in English music history. Enjoy music by Telemann, Handel, Biber, Boccherini, Arne & Cazzati S CANBERRA: Friday 25 October, 7.30 pm Albert Hall, Commonwealth Avenue SYDNEY: Sunday 27 October, 3.00 pm Verbrugghen Hall, Conservatorium of Music

8 Salut! CD Food of Love Salut! Baroque Pepusch: Cantatas & Sonatas Cosmopolitan London

9 Collection Italians Abroad Concord of Sweete Sound Georg Philipp Telemann Italian Instrumental & Vocal Music com.au/cds.html

10 Subscriber Benefits a One free ticket for any Salut! concert in 2019 to pass on to family or friends a Copy of Salut! News! four times a year a Program notes before the concert a A special subscriber discount for Salut! CDs - $20 each, including new releases a All subscribers enter the draw for the chance to win a set of nine Salut! CDs a Subscribers receive a 10% discount on single tickets to Musica Viva s 2019 International Concert season. Enquires:

11 2019 Subscription Name:... Address: Phone:... Please send my copy of Salut! News and Program Notes before each concert by: post Cheques payable to Salut Baroque PO Box 388, Hall, ACT 2618 Enquiries: / Salut@baroque.com.au SUBSCRIPTION TO FOUR CONCERTS NO. TICKETS AMOUNT CANBERRA: TICKET TO ALL FOUR CONCERTS Adult $170 / Concession $150 (Individual tickets $45/$40 available at the door or at SYDNEY: TICKET TO ALL FOUR CONCERTS Adult $170 / Concession $150 (Individual tickets $45/$40 available at the door or at CDs (Subscriber Special $20 each - please circle): ITALIAN INSTR/VOCAL ITALIANS ABROAD LONDON FOOD OF LOVE TELEMANN PEPUSCH SWEETE SOUND 20 YEAR YOUR FULLY TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED $20 $50 $100 $500 OTHER TOTAL $ Expiry date: Visa Mastercard Cardholder s Name: Cardholder s Signature:

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