Quattrocento "Four Centuries of Italian Music" | Long Beach

  • First Congregational Church of Long Beach

    241 Cedar Avenue
    Long Beach, California 90802
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"Sprezzatura" is an Italian term meaning effortless mastery or the art of making something difficult look easy -- directed by Gonzalo Ruiz, this program displays such a virtue in spades over a vibrant journey from early Baroque pearls by Francesca Caccini and Isabella Leonarda, through tempestuous instrumental works of Antonio Vivaldi and Gioachino Rossini, then offering (without refusal) modern cinematic themes from Nino Rota.

 

Patrons are invited to a hosted pre-reception from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, hors d'oeuvres & beverages will be served. Quattrocento "Four Centuries of Italian Music" will start at 7:30 PM in the Sanctuary. 

 

Quattrocento “Four Centuries of Italian Music”

 

Seventeenth Century

From Il Primo Libro delle Musiche | Francesca Caccini (1587-1641)

S’io men vò morirò                                                                                                            

Io mi distruggo, e ardo

Sonata Duodecima, Op. 16 | Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)

Adagio                                                                                                                       

Allegro, e presto

Vivace, e largo

Spiritoso

Aria, allegro

Veloce

 

Eighteenth Century

Oboe Concerto in G minor, RV 460 | Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Allegro non molto                                                                                                  

Largo

Allegro non molto

Flute Concerto in F major, RV 433 “La tempesta di mare”

Allegro

Largo

Presto

 

~ Intermission ~

 

Nineteenth Century

Sonata in C major from Sei sonate a quattro | Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)

Allegro                                                                                                                      

Andante

Moderato

Sonata in D major “La tempesta”

Allegro spiritoso

Andante assai

Allegro spiritoso

 

Twentieth Century

The Godfather Suite | Nino Rota (1911-1979)

La passarella di addio from 8½

*Programming is subject to change.

 

The First Congregational Church of Long Beach is located at 241 Cedar Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802. Paid Parking is available at the Civic Center Parking Garage - 332 W Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802. 

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First Congregational Church of Long Beach

241 Cedar Avenue
Long Beach, California 90802 First Congregational Church of Long Beach
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