An ear for the past.RIGA -- The sounds of ancient music will ring through Rundale palace and the old streets of Riga. This year, the 15th annual International Ancient Music Festival will be held from July 9-11, and will focus on early Italian music The term Italian music is ambiguous and may refer to several topics:
The audience will also be able to enjoy the vocal ensemble of Riga's Schola Cantorum, "Butterflies for the Sky," chamber orchestra Noun 1. chamber orchestra - small orchestra; usually plays classical music orchestra - a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players Sinfonetta Riga, baroque orchestra The Baroque orchestra is the earliest example of a true orchestra which came into existence in the mid-late 1600s. Its origins were in France where Jean-Baptiste Lully added the newly re-designed hautboy and transverse flutes to his vingt-quatre violons du Roy. "Collegium Musicum The Collegium Musicum was one of several types of musical societies that arose in German and German-Swiss cities and towns during the Reformation and thrived into the mid-18th century. Riga," Riga's Dome boys choir, Contratenor Sergejs Jegers, Estonian baroque ensemble Hortus Musicus, legendary violinist Tatjana Grindenko and more. The last concert of the festival, and the grand finale, will feature one of the world's most famous and awarded madrigal madrigal, name for two different forms of Italian music, one related to the poetic madrigal in the 14th cent., the other the most common form of secular vocal music in the 16th cent. groups, vocal ensemble La Venexiana of Italy. Festival organizers "Latvia's Concerts" are also this year putting together a special event for children, "Summer in Venice" in the gardens of the beautiful Rundale Palace, where children will be able to make masks, see concerts such as "The Story of Rudo the Priest" by Vivaldi, and learn how to dance the minuet minuet (mĭny  ĕt`), French dance, originally from Poitou, introduced at the court of Louis XIV in 1650. It became popular during the 17th and 18th cent. .
The opening of the popular festival will be on July 9 in the "Three Brothers" courtyard at 3:00 p.m., where listeners will be greeted by Gregorian chants sung by Schola Cantorum Riga, as well as the solo ensemble "Butterflies for the Sky." At 10 p.m. come see the musical theater in Riga's St. Peters Church, where the audience will learn how music was made in the middle ages and early baroque period Baroque period (17th–18th century) Era in the arts that originated in Italy in the 17th century and flourished elsewhere well into the 18th century. It embraced painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative arts, and music. in Riga. Ansis Rutenals' motion theater will be present as well. In the Small Guild on July 10 at 8 p.m. the festival continues its positive resonance with the orchestra Sinfonetta Riga solo concert, this time with parallels highlighting the difference between German and Italian baroque. This concert includes selections from Bohemian born German baroque master Jan Dismas Zelenka “Zelenka” redirects here. For other uses, see Zelenka (disambiguation). Jan Dismas Zelenka, also known as Johann Dismas Zelenka, (October 16, 1679 - December 23, 1745) was a Czech Baroque composer whose music was notably adventurous with great harmonic pitted against the music of Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. The same evening at 10 p.m. in St. Peter's Church St. Peter's Church, or variations on that name, may refer to: In Austria:
The music festival will reach its climactic end in Rundale on July 11. In the palace's White Hall, for the first time in Latvia, the audience will be privy to a performance of Vivaldi's Introduzione e Gloria, from Riga's Dome boys' choir, and soloist Sergejs Jegers. The baroque orchestra Collegium Musicum Riga with director Martins Klisans will also be taking part, together with Simfonetta Riga and legendary violinist Tatjana Grindeko and more. Tickets are available from Bilesu Paradize, with prices ranging from 5-10 lats for Riga concerts and 5-20 lats for concerts in Rundale. Discounts for pensioners and students are also available. |
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