BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130519T130839CEST-3428TuvzxI@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130519T110839Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Canciones\, Danzas y Diferencias-- Spanish songs\, dances & variations from the 16th-18th centuries\nEvent Url: http://www.a rtsboston.org/event/detail/441580781/Canciones_Danzas_y_Diferencias_Spanis h_songs_dances_variations_from_the_16th18th_centuries\nEvent Date Begin: 2 012-04-01\nEvent Date End: 2012-04-01\n\nSunday April 1\, at 3:00 p.m.\,Pe ntimento (Olav Chris Henriksen\, vihuela & guitars and Eric Haas\, recorde rs & flutes) will present a program of Spanish songs\, dances\, fantasias and variations from the 16th-18th centuries.\n\nThe first half of the prog ram will include the beautiful chanson Doulce memoire\, on a text said to have been written by Franç\;ois I of France during his captivity in Madrid in an elaborate setting by Diego Ortiz\; a fantasia\, pavana & gall arda by Luys Milan for vihuela solo (an ancestor of the modern guitar)\; s ettings of the hauntingly beautiful Paseabase el rey moro (the lament of t he King of the Moors as he surveyed the devastated city of Granada)\; a fa ntasia and villancico for Renaissance guitar (a small instrument similar t o a ukelele)\, and two settings by Antonio de Cabezó\;n (an ornament ed version of a Crecquillon chanson 'Prenez pitie' and 'Diferencias' (vari ations) on an Italian pavan (owing to Cabezó\;n's arrangement\, the tune became known throughout Europe as the 'Spanish Pavan'!)\n\nThe second half of the program opens with an elaborate set of diminutions on Palestr ina's madrigal 'Vestiva i colli' by Bartolomeo de Selma y Salverdo\, a Nea politan bassoonist (the kingdom of Naples was under Spanish rule for most of the 16th-18th centuries)\; a lively set of Canarios for baroque guitar solo by Gaspar Sanz\; songs by José\; Marin\, Francisco Correa de Ar auxo and Juan Hidalgo (including an operatic mad scene)\; guitar music fro m the Santiago de Murcias manuscripts from Mexico and Peru\, and concludes with an anonymous set of variations on 'La Folias de Espagne' from a Span ish manuscript of about 1731. \nMeet the Eric and Chris at afternoon tea following the program.\n\nPentimento (Italian\, repentance). In painting\ , an underlying image (an earlier painting or drawing) that shows through as the topmost layer of paint becomes transparent with age. These ghostly images reveal the artist's original concept or intent. In a similar manner \, Pentimento strives to make visible the underlying melodies of the highl y decorated repertoire.\n\nEric Haas studied recorder with John Tyson and baroque flute with Sandra Miller. He has taught at New England Conservator y\, Tufts University and Wheaton College\, as well as numerous early music workshops\, including Pinewoods\, Amherst Early Music\, the Long Island R ecorder Festival and the Mideast Workshop. Mr. Haas has performed on both recorder and early flutes with Emmanuel Music\, the Ocean State Chamber Or chestra\, La Sonnerie and now Pentimento. He served for many years as Musi c Director of the Boston Recorder Society and is on the staff of the von H uene Workshop\, Inc.\n\nOlav Chris Henriksen\, acclaimed throughout Europe and North America as a soloist on lute\, theorbo and early guitars\, is a lso a much sought-after ensemble player\, performing & recording with the Boston Camerata\, Handel and Haydn Society\, Waverly Consort\, Boston Baro que\, Four Nations Ensemble\, Les Idé\;es Heureuses\, and Chanticlee r\, among others. Recent performances include Handel's Ariodante with Emma nuel Music\, as well as an appearance at the 2007 Spokane Bach Festival\, and concerts with the Boston Camerata at the Thé\;â\;tre de la Ville (Paris) and the &ldquo\;Octobre en Normandie&rdquo\; festival. Mr. H enriksen's solo recording\, La Guitarre Royalle: French Baroque and Classi cal Guitar Music\, on the Museum Music label\, was released in October 200 0\; he has also recorded for Centaur\, Nonesuch\, Erato\, Simax\, Telarc a nd Decca. He performs frequently at the Music of Fine Arts\, Boston\, in r ecitals and lecture-demonstrations from the Museum's own collection. He ha s lectured at Harvard University\, Cambridge\; Nelson Atkins Museum\, Kans as City\, Musikkhö\;gskolen\, Oslo\; Aston Magna Academy\, Rutgers Uni versity\; and Lincoln Center Institute\, New York. He teaches at the Bosto n Conservatory and the University of Southern Maine. The Boston Herald pra ised his playing\, saying\, &ldquo\;Henriksen was able to dazzle with his virtuosity in the fantastical figurations of John Dowland's solo Fantasy f or lute and Kapsberger's similarly brilliant Toccata prima.&rdquo\;\n\n\nT he Sunday Afternoon at the 'Greenough House series recreates the atmospher e of 18th and 19th century &ldquo\;musical afternoons&rdquo\; in the 1760 Loring-Greenough House\, twice monthly\, October to May. Tickets are avail able at the door: donation $15 ($10 seniors\, students and JPTC members). Space is limited\; reservations are suggested&mdash\;call 617-524-3158 or email lghouseconcerts@aim.com.\n\nBuilt in 1760\, the Loring-Greenough Hou se\, a local landmark listed on the Massachusetts and National Registers o f Historic Places\, is located at 12 South Street (at the Civil War Monume nt) in Jamaica Plain\, MA. It is owned and managed by the non-profit Jamai ca Plain Tuesday Club\, Inc. as a historic house museum and site for art a nd music presentations. The Loring-Greenough House is wheelchair accessibl e. For more information on the Loring-Greenough House\, see www.loring-gre enough.org.\n\nFor reservations or directions\, call (617)524-3158\, or em ail lghouseconcerts@aim.com.\n\nUpcoming concerts in this series:\nSunday \, April 22: Quilisma Consort: A Renaissance instrumental ensemble&ndash\; French Secular music \nSunday\, May 6: Jeremy Quick Duo. Jazz Guitar and v ocal\n\nStart time: 3:00 p.m. DTSTART:20120401T000000 DTEND:20120401T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Canciones\, Danzas y Diferencias-- Spanish songs\, dances & variat ions from the 16th-18th centuries TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR