MusicSunday, November 22
Night Music and Listening In! present "Italians in London: Songs, Solos, and Sonatas
Sunday, November 22 · 9 a.m. · The Ethical Society, 1906 S Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia
- When
- Sunday, November 22 · 9 a.m.
- Where
- The Ethical Society, 1906 S Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia1906 Rittenhouse Square · Philadelphia, PA · 19103
About this event
Night Music, in collaboration with Listening In!, presents "Italians in London: Songs, Solos, and Sonatas" at the Philadelphia Ethical Society on Rittenhouse Square. The performers are soprano Paulina Francisco, violinist Karen Dekker, flutist Steven Zohn, bass viol (viola da gamba) player Heather Miller Lardin, and guitarist Richard Stone.
From Handel's day to the Regency, London audiences couldn't get enough of Italian music, and Italian musicians flocked there to supply it: opera arias, pleasure-garden songs, and pieces for the popular guitar. The program brings together music by Francesco Geminiani, Tommaso Giordani, Nicola Porpora, and their compatriots, whose melodies became the sound of a fashionable city.
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