Salon/Sanctuary Concerts Presents In the Salon of Mademoiselle Lévi and At the Pleasure of Mazarin

Salon/Sanctuary Concerts Presents In the Salon of Mademoiselle Lévi and At the Pleasure of Mazarin!

In the Salon of Mademoiselle Lévi

Viols at the Revolution

Thursday, May 11th 8:00pm at Brotherhood Synagogue, 28 Gramercy Park South

Tina Chancey and John Mark Rozendaal, viols, with Webb Wiggins, harpsichord

Members of Hesperus perform works nurtured from the shadows by a great saloniste, in the stunning space of the Brotherhood Synagogue, built as a Quaker Meeting House and once a stop on the Underground Railroad. Composers include Leclair, Marais, Forqueray, Rebel and Couperin.

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Produced as part of the upcoming Sacro/Profano Festival in Florence, Italy, with the patrocinio of the Associazione per Boboli, and Villa Finaly Cancellerie des Université de Paris - La Sorbonne en Florence...

At the Pleasure of Mazarin

Roman Treasures in the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris

Monday, June 5th 6:30pm

Villa Finaly, Cancellerie des Université de Paris - La Sorbonne en Florence, Via Bolognese 134 R 50139 Firenze

Jessica Gould, soprano; Diego Castelli & Dario Palmisano, violins; Diego Cantalupi, chitarrone; Davide Pozzi, harpsichord

Music of Luigi Rossi, Mazzocchi, Carissimi, and Melani

A Cardinal who never took holy orders, Mazarin, nè Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino, was born near Naples, grew up in Rome, and became the Sun King's Chief Minister. The most powerful advisor to Louis XIV was more fascinated by art than theology, he imported innumerable Italian compositions and a fair number of Italian composers. His dedication to artistic splendor was a hallmark of his tenure and a gift to subsequent generations.

He championed his countrymen Luigi Rossi, Virgilio Mazzocchi, and Giacomo Carissimi, and even put one, Melani, to work as a spy. Their music, mostly Roman, and mostly born of the decadent Barberini papal court, came to transform the music of France. Arias, cantatas, and operas by these Italian composers and more can be found to this day at the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, where many treasures of Mazarin's collection still await a performance in our own time.

Other events in the Sacro/Profano festival include...

Wednesday, May 31st 9pm
The Limonaia of NYU Villa La Pietra
La Venexiana performs highlights from Monteverdi, Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria

Wednesday, June 7th 6pm
The Library of Palazzo Guicciardini
The Courtier's Lute
Christopher Morrongiello, Renaissance Lute

Friday, June 9th 5pm
The cortile of Palazzo Bardi
I Viaggio alla Camerata
Vivabiancaluna Biffi, mezzo-soprano and viols

The Sacro/Profano Festival is produced with the generous patrocinio of the Associazione per Boboli and Villa Finaly, with the assistance of NYU Villa La Pietra. The complete schedule will be announced shortly

Want to join us? There is still time, whether for the complete festival or for selected daily events, with daytime private guided tours to Florence's extraordinary museums and churches and nightly concerts. For more information, email us at salonsanctuaryconcerts@gmail.com, or give us a call at (646) 470-1837.

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