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PERFORMANCES

     As part of its mission, MTI sponsors two concerts each year, usually the first in late November and the second in mid-May at the time of the annual meeting of the membership. The concerts have been:

     Debora e Sisara by P. A. Guglielmi performed by students of Donn Everette Graham. University of Louisville, School of Music, South Recital Hall, June 24, 2003

     Three Concertos belonging to Giulia Acciajuoli Ricasoli Zanchini (ca. 1760 - 1786): C. A. Campion, Concerto per Cembalo con Violini, e Primo Violino obbligato, Corni da Caccia, e Viola in Do Maggiore performed by Brenda Kee, piano, and Raymond Weaver, violin; C.A. Luchesi, Concerto per Cimbalo, due Violini, Viola, e Violoncello in Fa Maggiore performed by Robert Boozman, organ: J. Wanhal, Concerto per il Clavicembalo, due Violini, due Oboi, due Corni, due Viola in Adagio con Basso in Fa Maggiore performed by Brenda Kee, piano - all three accompanied by the Ricasoli Ensemble directed by Jack Ashworth. The Bachhaus in Louisville, Ky , April 16, 2005.

     Four Flute Sonatas selected from No. 8. Sonate per Cembalo, e Flauto di Niccolò Dothel performed by Donald Gottlieb and Kathy Karr, flautists, accompanied by Naomi Oliphant, pianist. The Bachhaus, Tuesday, November 29, 2005.

     18th-Century Italian Arias for soprano:  Ecco il fatal momento, duettino by Giuseppe Aprile (1735-1782) performed by Mary Wilson Redden and Marsha Webb accompanied by an Instrumental Ensemble directed by Jack Ashworth.  La cintura d’Armida, canzonetta by Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)  performed by Edith Davis Tidwell, soprano, and accompanied by Jack Ashworth, piano.  N.o Sei Ariette a voce di soprano by Giuseppe Millico ( 1737-1802).  N.o 2 “Mira quel fiumicello” and N.o 3 “Dormia sul margine” performed by Marsha Webb, soprano;  N.o 4 “La farfarletta” and N.o 6 “V’è come bella il mar”  performed by Mary Wilson Redden, soprano.  All four arias accompanied by Lisa Weaver, harp.   So che fedele non è questo core by Antonio Sacchini (1730-1786) and Questa è la bella face by Giuseppe Myslivecek (1737-1781) performed by Edith Davis Tidwell accompanied by an instrumental ensemble directed by Jack Ashworth.  The Bachaus, May 19, 2006.

     A Concert of 18th-Century Sacred Music: Four Motets and a Concerto for Organ for use in the Chapel of Pietro Leopoldo Ricasoli. Lauda Jerusalem by Giuseppe Casini, In te domine speravi by Bartolommeo and Alessandro Felici,, Beatus vir qui timet Dominum by Gaspero Sborgi, and Qui habitat in adjutorio by Bartolommeo Felici, and Concerto in C major for Organ and Orchestra by Luigi Pelleschi. Chorus: Sopranos: Laura Lee Duckworth, soloist; Jennie Harrod, and Anita Streeter. Altos: Susan Turner, soloist; Jodie Goldberg, and Norma Weaver; Tenors: Harvey Turner, soloist; Robert Powell, and Robert Weaver. Basses: Matthew Wilson, soloist; John Motts, and Dennis O’Donaghue. Orchestra: Patti Sisson, violin; Jane Halliday, violin; Lisa Weaver, viola; Lydia Whitford, viola; Wayne Krigger, cello; Lauren Taylor, bass; Yong Ma, flute; Nancy Blanford, flute; Mindy Crosby, oboe; Joe Starks, oboe; Alise Oliver, horn; Miranda Polzer, horn. Directed by Robert L. Weaver. The Bachhaus, November 17, 2006.

     Spring Concert 2008: Two trios for two violins and violoncello by Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti will be played by Peter McHugh, Raymond Weaver, and a violoncellist yet to be engaged.  Also on the program a string quartet to be performed.  The concert will take place on Friday, May 23, at 5:30 p. m. at the Bachhaus.  The public is invited and admission is free, but a seat must be reserved because of the limited size of the hall.  Call 502 473 0054.    Also on the program is a trio for two violins and violoncello by Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti played by Peter McHugh, Raymond Weaver, and Wayne Krigger. The Bachaus, date to be set, (5:30 p.m.) The public is invited but a seat must be reserved. Call 502 473 0054.

     [Note: Our president heard last year in Pisa a concert devoted to three extrordinary violin concertos by this 18th-century composer.  The trios are found in the Ricasoli Collection and they may be a copy of the set of six trios published in London in 1770.] ] .