posted 13 March 2009

Programs Yet to Come

As a part of the Whidbey Island Early Music Festival, Tableau will bring two distinct concerts to the Seattle area: Handel's Inheritance and a program of music by Isabella Leonarda and her contemporaries.

We are also assembling a concert of sacred 17th century German music for our 2010 season.

Stay tuned for more information!

posted 13 March 2009

Post Tour

We had a great time bringing Handel's Inheritance to audiences from Maine to North Carolina, and we are very excited that we will have several more opportunities to perform this program.

Check out our calendar for the latest concert additions in Florida and Washington State.

We were able to record all of the concerts (the first track in the playlist to your left is from our New Haven concert) and will have more samples up on this site soon, along with pictures (including lots of snow and Ian's first whole lobster) and a video or two. Please check back when you have a chance, or sign up for our mailing list through the 'contact' link above.

In the meantime, read our glowing review from North Carolina Classical Voice here

posted 4 July 2008

Handel's Inheritance

Iconic composers are not born great; they are the synthesis of everything they have heard, learned, and experienced and their music is a reflection of their world as they knew it. Thus it was for George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), a composer best known for the Italian Operas (Giulio Cesare, Rodelinda, Rinaldo, Alcina, etc…) and English Oratorios (Messiah, Hercules, Solomon, Judas Maccabaeus, Semele, etc…) that comprised the bulk of his mature output. But what about young Handel? What music would have been playing in the courts and chapels of his youth? What about the music of his teachers? What innovations did Handel borrow, and what new musical ideas did he unleash upon the world?

Join us for Handel's Inheritance, a musical journey through the formative years of this giant of the Baroque period. Starting in Halle, Germany, we trace his travels through Italy and into England, savoring the cosmopolitan blending of French, Italian, and Germanic styles so popular in Europe at the time. Hear the music of Handel’s youth, from chapel, chamber, and stage, as these influences blend into the unmistakable sound of the mature master. Through the compositions of Corelli, Keiser, Schelle, J.P. Krieger, Zachow, Steffani, Handel himself, and others, experience the sonic tapestry of the world in which this young composer became the man we now celebrate.

Concert offerings:

Handel's Inheritance is available in two lengths to suit a variety of settings: as a sixty minute long concert with no intermission, or as a ninety minute long concert with one intermission.

This program features a variety of musical styles and textures, including:

Corelli’s virtuosic violin sonata in C Major, Op. 5 #3

Florid solo vocal works by Stradella and Handel

J.P. Krieger’s gorgeous song An die Einsamkeit and Handel’s achingly beautiful Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo

Instrumental music from Keiser’s opera Claudius

Mattheson’s harpsichord suite in Bb Major

Vocal duets by Schelle and Handel, including the Italian cantatas on which Handel modeled some of Messiah’s most popular choruses