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...Monteverdi's Tirsi e Clori Schmidt properly used a small body of singers. This so-called "ballo concertato" combined a light madrigal style of the Renaissance with an orchestra (harpsichord and strings) and the more impressive dimensions of the Baroque. Since the piece was originally written to be danced, it abounds in strong, bouncy rhythms. Before the chorus begins to sing, the title characters carry on a spirited dialogue, in which conductor Schmidt displayed his fine tenor voice in company with soprano Jean Lunn...
...concert, which is free, will also include choruses from Acis and Galatea by Handel, Flos Campi by Vaughan Williams, and Tirsi and Clori (Ballo Concertato) by Monteverdi. Selections from Rennaisance madrigals and contemporary American music will also be sung. The chorus will be conducted by Professor Harold C. Schmidt of Stanford...
...partial list of selected works indicates that composers for the two performances have been chosen from a list of contemporary and Baroque musicians. Handel's Acis and Galata; Williams' Flos Campi; and Monteverdi's Tirsi and Clorinda A Ballo Concertante represent the larger works for the chorus...
...program of music by Monteverdi, including Il Ballo Dello Ingrate, and several shorter pieces, was given Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in Fogg Museum. The depth and versatility of the Renaissance master was displayed in music covering a wide stylistic and emotional range, varying from poignancy, to austerity, to an ornate light-heartedness...
...different side of Monterverdi's personality emerged in the opera, Il Ballo Delle Ingrate. The melodies are often dry and austere, and occasionally uninteresting, as when a series of syllables are uttered in monotone...