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TEXAS EARLY MUSIC PROGRAM PRESENTS

ITALIA MIA:

DIVERSE VOICES OF THE LATE RENAISSANCE

May 11 & 12 | Redeemer Prsbyterian Church

This concert explores some of the underrepresented music of the 16th century in Italy. We will feature works by the first published black composer, Vicente Lusitano, as well as music by Maddalena Casulana, the first woman composer to have an entire book of her music published. In addition to a few works by popular masters like Monteverdi, we will feature works by Salomone Rossi, an Italian Jewish violinist and composer who, like Monteverdi, was a transitional figure between the late Italian Renaissance period and early Baroque.

Included with your ticket: a special pre-concert lecture given by KMFA host Sara Schneider called "Amor, Fortuna: A celebration of music, love, and Renaissance humanism in honor of Francesco Petrarca". Join us 45 minutes before the start of each concert for this exciting talk!

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Event Details

• Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024 & Sunday, May 12, 2024
• Time: Saturday: 7:30 P.M. | Sunday: 3:00 P.M.
• Venue: Redeemer Presbyterian Church
• Website: https://www.early-music.org/2023-2024-season

Ticket Information

• Cost: $5.00 - $35.00

Presenter Details

• Name: Texas Early Music Program

The project started as a unique venue in which student members of The University of Texas at Austin Early Music Ensemble could work and perform with professionals, allowing students to explore repertoire normally out of their reach. As such, TEMP served to bridge the ensembles of The UT Butler School of Music and the Central Texas early music community while Mr. Johnson directed the UT EME (1986–2003).

During the period 1995–2002, TEMP's Baroque orchestra (with Daniel Johnson conducting) performed in several productions with the Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center, including Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Baroque and Loving It, (a pastiche of selections from the works of Lully, Rameau, Cavalli, Cesti, and others, created by Daniel Johnson), Cavalli’s L’Ormindo, Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea, and Handel’s Alcina and Rinaldo. TEMP performed regularly at the Early Music Weekend at Round Top Festival Institute, for the Texas Early Music Festival in Palestine, TX, for the annual Mostly Music Marathon benefiting AIDS Services of Austin, and in public and private concerts in the Austin area. 

In 1998, TEMP became a member of the Austin Circle of Theaters, recorded its popular CD The Bonny Broom and Other Scottish Ballads,  and initiated its Midwinter Festival of Music, with two to three performances of a wide variety of concerts and operas on six successive weekends (1999–2002). Local performers and guests from Europe, Canada, and other parts of the US came together for performances of Handel’s Rinaldo and Alcina, Purcell’s King Arthur, a post-modern blending of early and modern music and theater (It's About Time), and an inclusive range of concerts ranging from Hildegard chants and Sephardic love songs to lieder by Schubert and Beethoven.

Since the 2002–2003 season, TEMP has offered a relatively calm six-concert season, between the months of September to May. Many of the concerts were so much fun and so popular that different versions of them were presented in successive years, including Convivencia: The Three Worlds of Spain (2004 and 2005) and The Play of Daniel (2003–2005). 

Members of TEMP also perform regularly with such groups as La Follia Austin Baroque, Dallas Bach Society, Texas Baroque Ensemble, the Clearlight Waites, Sinfonia Baroque, and other ensembles.

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