2003 Festival
Germany: A Melting Pot of French, Italian,
Eastern European and Regional Influences
June 9-15, 2003

2003 Fully-staged Operatic Centerpiece

Die schöne und getreue
Ariadne
— The beautiful and faithful Ariadne—
Music by Johann Georg Conradi (? – 1699)
Libretto by Christian Heinrich Postel (1658-1705)
First performance: Hamburg’s Theater-am-Gänsemarkt, 1691

Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
219 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts

DIRECTORS
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs 2003 BEMF Artistic Co-Directors
Drew Minter Stage Director
Robin Linklater Set & Costume Designer
John Ambrosone Lighting Designer
Lucy Graham Choreographer
Anna Watkins Costume Supervisor
Kathleen Fay Executive Producer
Abbie H. Katz Associate Producer

CAST
Ariadne Karina Gauvin
Phaedra Dorothee Mields
Theseus Ian Honeyman
Pamphilius Jan Kobow
Minos Bernard Deletré
Pasiphae & Venus Ellen Hargis
Evanthes & Bacchus Matthew White
Pirithous James Ruff
Three graces Tyrsa Gawrachynsky, Michela Macfarlane,
Deborah Rentz-Moore

Chorus
Kathryn Aaron, Tyrsa Gawrachynsky, Michela Macfarlane, Deborah Rentz-Moore, soprano
Jessica Hanf, Kirsten Sollek, Kamala Soparkar, alto
Thomas A. Gregg, William Hudson, Mark Sprinkle, tenor
Jamie Kotmair, Alexander Prokhorov, Sumner Thompson, Douglas Williams, bass

Dancers
Tina Cassidy, Caroline Copeland, Carlos Fittante, Susan MacNichol Guthro, Melinda Sullivan, Kaj Sylegård

ORCHESTRA
Ingrid Matthews • concertmistress
Robert Mealy, Milos Valent, Christopher Verrette & Peter Spissky • violin I
Scott Metcalfe, Julie Andrijeski, David Douglass, & Dagmar Valentová • violin II
Margriet Tindemans, Patrick Jordan, & Laura Jeppesen • viola
Emily Walhout, Alice Robbins, John Mark Rozendaal, & Brent Wissick • ’cello
Jay Elfenbein • bass
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs • lute
Erin Headley • viola da gamba
Maxine Eilander • harp
Peter Sykes & Alexander Weimann • harpsichord
Washington McClain & Geoffrey Burgess • oboe
Marilyn Boenau • bassoon
John Thiessen & Alex Bonus • trumpet
Todd Manley • percussion

Individual Concerts

Giuliano Carmignola, violin, Andrea Marcon, harpsichord
Bach and the Italian Influence

The Newberry Consort,
directed by Mary Springfels
and
Piffaro, The Renaissance Band,
directed by Joan Kimball & Robert Wiemken
with special guest Ian Honeyman, tenor
The City and the Songbook: Germany and the Renaissance

Ariadne Baroque Orchestra
featuring Ariadne soloists and the Handel & Haydn Society Chorus
Lustiger Mischmasch: Choice Orchestral Jewels of the Baroque

Hille Perl, viola da gamba
Alexander Weimann, harpsichord
...per la viola da gamba...

The Tölzer Knabenchor
directed by Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
with guest artists from Concerto Palatino
Motets from Heinrich Schütz’s Geistliche Chormusik, 1648

Concerto Palatino
directed by Bruce Dickey & Charles Toet
Wagner and Strauss: Sacred Music of the Viennese Early Baroque

The Tallis Scholars
directed by Peter Phillips
Josquin’s influence on the German-speaking world:
Music of Ludwig Senfl, Heinrich Isaac and Josquin Desprez

REBEL with Matthias Maute, recorder
directed by Jörg-Michael Schwarz & Karen Marie Marmer
Telemann alla Polacca

Late Night Concerts

ARTEK
directed by Gwendolyn Toth
Eine Kleine Abendmusik:
German Baroque Chamber Music by Buxtehude, Krieger, Erlebach and Bach

The Newberry Consort
Meadowlark and Nightingale

Jan Kobow, tenor
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Follow the Lieder: The surprising beginnings of the German Lied

Tragicomedia
Musikalische Lustgarten

North German Organ Mini-Festival
The development of the organ in Northern Germany
featuring Edoardo Bellotti, Hans Davidsson and William Porter, organists

Three sessions:
Sweetness & Seriousness: Sweelinck, Scheidemann, Prætorius & Steffens
Gravity & Grace: Weckmann, Reinken & Buxtehude
Euphony & Extravagance: Buxtehude, Bruhns, Böhm & Lübeck

SYMPOSIA

Pythagoreanism in Renaissance Music and Instruments

Dance Workshops: Gloriana – Dances from the court of our late Sovereign Ladye, Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, Quene of England, Fraunce and Irelande

Recording Seminar for Performers: Taking control of a powerful tool

Following Ariadne’s Thread: Performance and Production Issues in German Baroque Opera

Facilitating International Artistic Exchange: US Work Permit Procedures in the Post-9/11 Era

Performing German Baroque Music: A Rhetorical Row

MASTERCLASSES

Giuliano Carmignola, baroque violin

Karina Gauvin, voice

Ellen Hargis, Stephen Stubbs, & Paul O’Dette, accompanied solo song

Maxine Eilander, historic harp and Claus Hüttel, maker of the Ariadne harp

Hille Perl & Margriet Tindemans, viol solo and consort music

John Thiessen, baroque trumpet

Matthias Maute, recorder

Alexander Weimann & Kristian Bezuidenhout, keyboards