SEMF 2013 Festivalprogram (pdf) - Sveriges Radio

Tisdag 4 juni
Tuesday 4 June
Onsdag 5 juni
Wednesday 5 June
Torsdag 6 juni
Thursday 6 June
artemandoline, foto: hanno meier
klanger. Barockens musiker var nyfikna på de mest subtila ljud,
bland annat mandolinens, och de strävade efter estetisk förfining.
Det är i denna mening som man bör låna sitt uppmärksamma och
omdömesgilla öra till denna konsert. Mandolinens ädla ljud har
lovordats av människor i alla tider och kulturer. 1700-talet är
inget undantag, och vad kan vara mer naturligt än att i och med
återupptäckten av detta instrument kombinera några orättvist
förbisedda kompositörer från denna tid med några av de mest
välkända? Knäppinstrument upplever en renässans, och barockmandolinen
har fått allt fler beundrare under de senaste åren. Ett
fint exempel på en cirkel som slutits!
The 17th century was a genuine golden age for the mandolin – as
the many compositions from that period will testify. Its sound and
timbre is an integral part of the musical landscape of the baroque.
Be ginning in Naples in the second half of the 18th century, the
mandolin’s popularity spread rapidly thoughout Italy and Europe. The
Italian virtuosi who chose Paris, the artistic capital of the 1760s,
as their sphere of activity, found great favour in its high society. The
mandolin became the instrument of preference in the Parisian salons.
Numerous sonatas and concertos were printed by Paris and London
music publishers.
The Baroque era, complex and multiple, explored new means of
expression and, first and foremost, new timbres. The curiosity of the
Baroque musician for the subtlest sounds, among them that of the
mandolin, went in the direction of a quest for extreme aesthetic refinement.
It is in this sense that one should lend an attentive and discerning
ear to this concert. The noble sound of the mandolin has been praised by
people of all times and cultures. The eighteenth century is no exception
to this rule, and, in the rediscovery of this instrument, what could be
more natural than to combine some unjustly neglected composers of
that era with some of the best-known? Plucked string instruments are
enjoying a renaissance, and the baroque mandolin has won increasing
amounts of admirers in recent years. A fine example of things coming
full circle.
Juan Carlos Muñoz, barockmandolin • baroque mandolin
Mari Fe Pavón, barockmandolin • baroque mandolin
Manuel Muñoz, barockgitarr • baroque guitar
Alla Tolkacheva, barockmandolin och mandola •
baroque mandolin and mandola
Jean-Daniel Haro, viola da gamba • viol
Jean-christophe leclère, cembalo • harpsichord
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