TAPE 1
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber * ** ***
Sonata n° 1 The Annunciation in D minor - D minor 6'42"
Sonata n°10 The Crucifixion in G minor - G minor 6'41"
Sonata n°12 The Ascension in C major - C major 4'27"
Sonata n°13 The Pentecost in D minor - D minor 6'01"
Conceived, recorded and produced by Giulio Cesare Ricci
Recorded at Propositura di San Verano, Peccioli (PI)
Recording date November 19th, 2005
Recording assistant: Paola Liberato
Valve microphones: Neumann U47, U48, M49
Advanced mike pre-amplifiers, cables (line, microphone, supply): Signoricci
The Master was created with the Ampex ATR 102 (Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351 (1965) 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30fps modified by David Manley
The themes to which the icons refer can be divided into two general categories: portrait icons (for example, portraits of saints, the Mother of God of the Sign, Christ Pantocrator) and scenic icons. Some of these subjects have also inspired masterpieces by great musicians. H. Biber (18th century), a Bohemian, lived between Salzburg and Vienna. Considered one of the greatest violinists and composers, he was highly renowned for his skill.
One of his 36-part Masses was attributed to Bach until the middle of the last century.
Some of the "Sonatas of the Holy Sacrament" will be performed. Rosario,” in which Biber describes its mysteries one by one, prescribing a different tuning for the violin for each sonata to better differentiate its spiritual climates.
Of those presented tonight, numerous icons with similar subjects have been painted over the centuries.
J.S. Bach needs no introduction. However, it is a source of new studies (Helga Thone: chaconne, dance, or funerary monument? Leipzig 1994) that the identification of the six sonatas and partitas for solo violin was completed, and the famous chaconne was written almost in one go, in a moment of deepest drama. Returning from a trip, Bach found that his young wife had suddenly died, leaving him with four young children. At this moment, the absolute masterpiece that is the six sonatas and partitas for solo violin took shape in practically a matter of days. In the sonata in C major, whose fugue represents the most complex example of polyphonic mastery entrusted to a monodic instrument, there are numerous self-quotations (musical themes), taken from various chorales previously composed by Bach. all
on the subject of Pentecost, just as in the first sonata the quotations refer to the Nativity and in the second to the Passion.
Vivaldi's Concerto dedicated to the Assumption of Our Lady Mary Virgin is one of two the composer dedicated to this feast (August 15), a deeply felt holiday in his native Venice.
In contrast to the thoughtful and anguished depth of the previous compositions, extroverted and joyful in nature, it will conclude the evening with a flash of serene Mediterranean brightness.
[Marco Fornaciari]
