This performance is dedicated to Ben Maloney's late grandfather Ken Fowler (1940-2021) IN TERRA LA GUERRA Text by anonymous poet, set by Alessandro Scarlatti In terra la guerra sen voli fugace; ci porti conforti dai poli la pace. (May war on earth fly away; May heavenly peace bring us comfort) Brief background on the composer: Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti was an Italian composer that was alive from 1660-1725. A majority of his musical life revolved around operatic composition and religious set pieces. He began to accumulate fame after he had already written 115 operas which won over the queen of Sweden, Queen Christina, through his first operas, and remained in her service as a composer until 1684. Scarlatti then became the maestro di cappella for the royal service where he composed a further 40+ operas, and other compositions simply for the musical entertainment of the royal court. Scarlatti moved on to the city of Florence in Italy in 1702 where he was commissioned to write 4 operas for the theatre of Prince Ferdinando III de Medici, but these works have unfortunately gone missing as far as scholars and musicians are aware. He continued to be commissioned and employed by so many more over his life until his death in 1725, including but not limited to Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, Pope Clement XI, Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, and more. His music lives on and is continuously performed and admired by musicians all around the world. His music always has fantastic texture changes for the time, and he could instruct the best harmonies and sounds with the instrumentation that he tended to work with. We are performing Alessandro Scarlatti's 7 Arias for Trumpet, Voice, and Continuo, and will be releasing one of the seven arias at the end of every month until the end of August. We have already released one, Si Suoni la Tromba at the end of February. So please continue to log on and sit back, relax, and enjoy as we perform this historical music for you on historical instruments! Musicians: Victoria Armillotta - Soprano Timothy Dzida - Trumpet in D Marina Sanchez Cabello - Cello Ben Maloney - Harpsichord I hope you enjoy our performance and we thank you for your support always! If you would like to support us further, then please either subscribe to this channel, or feel free to send us a donation through one of the following platforms: Venmo: @TimothyDzida CashApp: $Dzida Paypal: https://paypal.me/TrumpetPerformance?locale.x=en_US Thank you to our patrons so far: - Wayne and Andrea Evenson - Linda Dzida - Teresa Gordon

This is the first performance of a series of Alessandro Scarlatti's 7 Arias for Trumpet, Voice and Continuo. The instrumentation of these arias is composed of natural trumpet in D, soprano, continuo, and harpsichord. The selection will be performed in baroque pitch which is 4.15, compared to our modern pitch of 4.40, on historical instruments. For more information about this performance, please feel free to VISIT MY WEBSITE user upcoming performances at: www.timdzida.com From February to August, we will be releasing one of the 7 arias every month for you, the public, to enjoy and participate in. It is important in these challenging times to make sure that the arts stay alive! Thank you for your interest If you would like to make a donation to the ensemble, you can do so via Venmo or PayPal. All of the donations received will either be distributed amongst the performers evenly or put towards future repertoire. Venmo: @TimothyDzida Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TrumpetPerformance MUSICIANS: Victoria Armillotta - Soprano Timothy Dzida - Trumpet Marina Sanchez Cabello - Cello Ben Maloney - Harpsichord

Performed by Tim Dzida, Dan Mitchell, and Jonathan Gooing