TimThe TrumpetMan
In Terra la Guerra by Alessandro Scarlatti
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 born in Palermo, Sicily, and was alive from 1660-1725. A large amount of his life was spent in Rome, Italy among noble men and women, and royal court circles. During his time in Rome, it was claimed that he was a student of Carissimi. Scarlatti composed his first opera in Rome which marked the beginning of his professional music career. A majority of his musical life revolved around operatic compositions and religious set pieces. He began to accumulate fame after he had already written 115 operas which, the first of which won over the queen of Sweden, Queen Christina, 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, 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 returned to Naples eventually through the persuasion of a pay raise, and was also knighted and titled "Cavaliere" in 1716. Alessandro Scarlatti 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
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- Wayne and Andrea Evenson
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