II International Festival of Music and Dance
La RENAISSANCE
Themes and Variations
Alta Capella early wind instruments ensemble and others…
14th, January (Sat) 7 p.m.
State Art Research Institute
The Mirror Hall (5, Kozitsky lane)
Isacco Colombo (Italy)
Performing practice in the Renaissance ensemble of wind instruments: significance of improvisation
Lection
Entrance ticket 100 rub.
15th, January (Sun) 2 p.m.
Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatoire
Rakhmaninov Hall (11, Bolshaya Nikitskaya str.)
Can?on de pifari
Isacco Colombo, Italy (shawm, bombard, tabor-pipe, bagpipes)
Alta Capella
Early wind instruments ensemble
(Artistic director Ivan Velikanov)
Time of Dance
Historical dance ensemble
(Artistic director Natalia Kaidanovskaya)
The programme includes: music from Italian, Spanish, German and Dutch manuscripts of the 15th-16th centuries; Francisco de la Torre, Francisco Guerrero, Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro, Jacobus Gallus, and also unknown authors; dances from collections of Thoinot Arbeau and Pierre Attaingnant
Tickets: at the Conservatoire booking-offices
Tel.: (495) 629 9401
22th, January (Sun) 2 p.m.
Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatoire
Rakhmaninov Hall (11, Bolshaya Nikitskaya str.)
Concert in memory of Montserrat Figueras (1942–2011)
Andrew Lawrence-King,Great Britain (renaissance harp)
Maria Batova (soprano)
Tigran Matinyan (tenor)
Alta Capella
Early wind instruments ensemble
(Artistic director Ivan Velikanov)
Questa Musica
Soloists of ensemble
(Artistic director Maria Grilikhes)
The programme includes: Spanish music of four centuries (the 14th-17th) – Alfonso the X of Castile, Juan del Encina, Luys de Narv?ez, Diego Ortiz
Tickets: at the Conservatoire booking-offices
Tel.: (495) 629 9401
29th, January (Sun) 2 p.m.
Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatoire
Conference Hall (11, Bolshaya Nikitskaya str., Rakhmaninov Hall building)
William Dongois, France
Methods of adoption and investigation of Renaissance improvisation. Art of diminution
Lection
Free entrance
31th, January (Tue) 7 p.m.
Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatoire
Rakhmaninov Hall (11, Bolshaya Nikitskaya str.)
Geste improvisatoire
William Dongois, France (zink)
Stefan Leg?e, France (sackbut)
Alta Capella
Early wind instruments ensemble
(Artistic director Ivan Velikanov)
The programme includes: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, Cypriano de Rore, and other composers of the 16th century, as well as old and modern diminutions on their themes
Tickets: at the Conservatoire booking-offices
Tel.: (495) 629 9401
3rd, February (Fri)
Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatoire
Rakhmaninov Hall Building, room 308
(11, Bolshaya Nikitskaya str.)
6 p.m.
V?ronique Daniels, France
Dances of the 15th century: genres, interpretation potentialities, notation of accompaniment. Treatise «De la arte di ballare et danzare» by Domenico da Piacenza
Lection
7.30 p.m.
Guillermo P?rez, Spain
Landini’s musical portrait: finding a medieval organetto playing
Lection
4th, February (Sat) 7 p.m.
«Na Kislovke» concert-hall
(4, Bolshoi Kislovsky lane, build. 2)
Libro de buen amor
Guillermo P?rez, Spain (organetto)
The programme includes: music of the times of «Libro de buen amor» by Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita (Spain, the 14th century)
Tickets at the entrance (300, 200 rub.)
Booking: (495) 691 0092
5th, February (Sun) 6 p.m.
Closing of the Festival
Central Music School
Concert Hall
(4, Maly Kislovsky lane, build. 5)
Bel reguardo
V?ronique Daniels, France (historical dance)
Guillermo P?rez, Spain (medieval organ-portativ)
Alta Capella
Early wind instruments ensemble
(Artistic director Ivan Velikanov)
Time of Dance
Historical dance ensemble
(Artistic director Natalia Kaidanovskaya)
The programme includes: Italian dances of the times of Sandro Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci, virtuosic instrumental music of the Early Renaissance
Tickets at the entrance (400, 300, 200 rub.)
Booking: (495) 691 0092; +7 (915) 250 6569
Workshops
for students of music educational institutions and all comers:
11-14, February
Playing early reed wind instruments (shawms, dulcian, bagpipes) – prof. Isacco Colombo
27-30, January
Playing zink and sackbut – prof. William Dongois and prof. Stefan Leg?e
1-4, February
Medieval key instruments, organetto – prof. Guillermo P?rez
Hictorical dance – prof. V?ronique Daniels
Contacts: Julia Pushkina (project manager)
worcester@rambler.ru
+7 915 250 6569
Artistic Director of the Festival – Ivan VELIKANOV