Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA

Program includes works by George Gershwin, Victor Dolmetsch, Jacques Ibert, Alec Rowley, Eduard Schütt, Billy Mayerl, Jean Absil, David Branson, Dorothy Cadzow, Déodat de Séverac, Ernest Wunderlich, Nikolai Kapustin, Olivia Kieffer, Darius Milhaud, Angélica Negrón, Isaac Schankler, Pascal Sasseville Quoquochi, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, Quinn Mason, Samuel Secunda, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Oleg Boyko, Nina Simone, Jean Bosco Mwende, and Gretchen Yanover.

A stunning program of consort music featuring music by John Jenkins, Matthew Locke, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Diego Ortiz, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, and Claudio Monteverdi.

A cornucopia of early delights from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a sprinkling of music composed especially for Advent and Christmas.

Constantinople and guest soprano Suzie LeBlanc reinvent the cantatas of 17th-century singer and composer Barbara Strozzi, a worthy heiress of Monteverdi, who created a secular vocal repertoire that intoxicates the senses. Metamorfosi Musicali also features instrumental works of Johannes Kapsberger, whose spontaneous phrasing and sharp contrasts provide fertile ground for Constantinople’s improvisations.