"Songs and Rhythms of Spain," featuring Nerea Berraondo, mezzo-soprano and the Kingsbury Ensemble
Since the Baroque era, Spanish music has exhibited a well-defined national style, due to its popular dance rhythms, and its melodies full of emotion and spontaneity. This program will highlight hidden treasures of the Spanish Baroque, including works by Jose de Torres, Sebastian Duron, Santiago de Murcia, and Diego Ortiz. Through their music, Nerea Berraondo and the Kingsbury Ensemble musicians will bring to life this repertoire sparkling with the warmth and colors of Spain.
Nerea Berraondo, mezzo-soprano
Margaret Humphrey, violin
Elizabeth Ramos, violin
Amy Greenhalgh, viola
Ken Kulosa, cello
Anne Timberlake, recorder
Maryse Carlin, harpsichord
Henry Claude, percussion
PROGRAM
Fandango Santiago de Murcia (1682-1737)
Acis e Galatea , cantata for voice ,two violins and continuo Antonio de Literes (1673-1747)
Aria grave
Récitatif
Aria Allegro
Jacaras Santiago de Murcia
Reloj que senala cantate for voice, recorder, violins Jose de Torres (1665-1738)
and continuo
Aria
Récitatif
Aria
INTERMISSION
Two Recercadas for cello and harpsichord Diego Ortiz (1510-1570)
Ay que mi abrazzo, cantata for voice, two violins and continuo Sebastian Duron (1660-1716)
Estribillo
Recitatif-Aria-Coplas
Grave-Estribillo
Menuetto Santiago de Murcia
La amable despaccio
Prosigue acorda lire, cantata for voice, two violins Juan Francès de Iribaren (1699-1767)
and continuo
Toccata adagio
Allegro
Récitatif-Aria cantabile
Récitatif- Aria spirituoso
Nerea Berraondo mezzo-soprano,is a native of Pamplona, Spain. At 29, she has already appeared on many of the world stages. She has performed principal opera roles such as Adastro and Creusa in Demofonte (Gluck) at the Theatre an der Wien in Vienna; Lucio in Catone in Utica (Vivaldi) at the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris; Malika in Lakmé at the Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile; La Messaggiera in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Teatro Real in Madrid; Arminda in Selva Encanada de Amor (Sebastian Duron) at L’Auditori in Barcelona; Marco Antonio in Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra by J.A. Hasse in Bantierra in Zaragoza; Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini); Fulbio in Tito Manlio by Vivaldi in Auditorio Nacional in Madrid and Centro Cultural de Belem in Lisbon. Flora Bervoix in La Traviata in Pamplona (Spain); Doña Munia in the world premiere of the opera Un puente para el camino by Italian composer Giulio Genovese. Ms. Berraondo has worked with conductors such as Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Maximiano Valdes, Juanjo Mena, Alan Curtis, Marco Guidarini, Tito Munoz, Eric Jacobsen, José Antonio Montaño, Ernst Martínez Izquierdo, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra, and Yaron Traub. Additional highlights include symphonic repertoire performances with violinist Gidon Kremer at the Spanish premiere of Styx by Gija Kantschelli.
Nerea is currently on the faculty at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and she directs the International Spanish Music Festival in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Maryse Carlin, harpsichord, has performed throughout the United States and abroad, both as a pianist and harpsichordist. She made her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York under the auspices of Jeunesses Musicales. Since then, she has appeared at the Whitney Museum in New York, at Jordan Hall and on the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and as guest artist with the Boston Musica Viva, Fromm Foundation Concerts at Harvard University, the Marlboro Music Festival, and the Pulitzer Foundation Chamber Series in Saint Louis. As soloist with orchestra, she has collaborated with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, , Roger Norrington , José-Luis Garcia and Nicholas Mc Gegan. She appeared as fortepianist on the “Great Performers at Lincoln Center” Mozart Marathon at Alice Tully Hall. Recent concert appearances have taken her to Austria, Switzerland , Germany and Italy and China. She is a frequent harpsichordist with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and teaches at Washington University in Saint Louis. Maryse Carlin is the artistic director of the Kingsbury Ensemble, and of the “Festival de Musique Ancienne” of Saint Savin, in the French Pyrenees.
Henry Claude is a freelance percussionist/composer/instrument inventor and builder based in St Louis MO. In addition to teaching percussion and percussion ensemble at Washington University, Henry is also the Music Director of the Washington University Dance Division. Henry has been a regularly engaged percussionist with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra for more than thirty Years. He is the Principal Timpani/Percussion with Union Avenue Opera, and Timpanist of Kantorei/Bach at the Seminary. Henry founded and directs the 'Nuclear Percussion Ensemble' a group dedicated to the performance of percussion music from all over the world using a vast array of both traditional and found/invented instruments.
Amy Greenhalgh, viola, was born in England, and studied at Oxford University, Trinity College of Music and the Royal College of Music. During her studies she won awards from, amongst others, the Allegri String Quartet, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Symphony and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. She was also awarded scholarships by the Leverhulme Orchestral Mentorship, RCM, Friends of TCM & New York and the Karen Creed prize. After graduating, Amy began working as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician throughout Europe. In addition to performing, she also arranges music for all genres.In 2009, Amy arrived in South America, to play as principal viola of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago in Chile. She was also professor of viola at the Universidad Mayor and the viola player of the Ensamble Filarmónico before a new move to the United States of America in 2015. Amy is currently living and working in St. Louis. Missouri
Violinist Margaret Humphrey maintains a vibrant performance schedule in her Twin Cities residence of Minneapolis and St Paul and around the country. She has performed solo and in ensemble with the Rose Ensemble, Lyra Concert, Ex Machina Baroque Opera Company, Minneapolis Chamber Symphony and Musica da Camera, since graduating with a performance degree from the University of Michigan. As recent guest in Philadelphia's Tempesta di Mare, Pittsburgh's Bach society, and St Louis's Kingsbury Ensemble, Ms. Humphrey has performed in such distinguished venues as Seattle's Early Music Guild, The Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh, the Shrine to Music Museum, Early Music Now series and the San Diego Early Music Series. A founding member of the baroque ensemble Belladonna, she has performed with them at the Boston Early Music Festival, and the Early Music Festival of Regensburg, Germany. Belladonna has recorded two CD's, “Folias Festivas” on the Dorian label, and “Gathering” on the Ten Thousand Lakes label
A native of Albuquerque, NM, Kenneth Kulosa moved to St. Louis in 1997 at the invitation of the St. Louis Symphony. Kenneth came to St. Louis from Chicago where he played with the Chicago Symphony, the Grant Park Symphony, and at the same time, held the posts of principal cellist for both the South Bend and Northwest Indiana Symphonies. As a soloist, Kenneth has appeared throughout the United States as soloist with the Storioni Ensemble, Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra, the Bataquitos Festival Orchestra, the civic orchestras of Boston and Fort Worth, as well as the orchestras of St. Louis, Santa Fe, Lake Charles, South Bend, and Northwest Indiana. Passionate about period performance, Kenneth is currently a member of the Kingsbury Ensemble and frequently performs music from the baroque and classical period on baroque cello, and the violoncello piccolo. He has also performed with Early Music St. Louis, Bach at the Sem, and is on the faculty of Webster University and Washington University
Elizabeth Ramos is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where she received her bachelor’s degree in violin performance. Her appearances with orchestra include the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Belleville Philharmonic, the Barber Violin Concerto with the Alton, IL Symphony, and the Wienawski Concerto No. 2 with the Webster University Symphony. She has performed with the Saint Louis Bach Society at Powell Hall, premiered new pieces for chamber ensemble with the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and has appeared several times with the Kingsbury Ensemble on baroque viola. She has been a counselor and student at the Meadowmount School of Music in Westport, NY, and has attended the Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory, as well as the Tanglewood and Aspen Summer Institutes. She is a former faculty member of Central College in Union, Missouri.
Anne Timberlake, recorder, holds degrees in performance from Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied with Alison Melville, and Indiana University, where she studied with Eva Legene and won the 2007 Early Music Institute Concerto Competition. Critics have praised her "fine technique and stylishness," "unexpectedly rich lyricism" (Letter V), and "dazzling playing" (Chicago Classical Review).Anne has received awards from the American Recorder Society and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, and was awarded a Fulbright Grant. With Musik Ekklesia, Anne has recorded for the Sono Luminus label. Anne is a founding member of the ensemble Wayward Sisters, specializing in music of the Early Baroque. In 2011, Wayward Sisters won Early Music America's Naxos Recording Competition.