Anniversary Composers 2016

In this course we explore the life and works of a group of composers whose music is perhaps not at the centre of the standard concert repertoire. All of the selected composers share either a birth anniversary or a death commemoration in 2016, and their works range from Renaissance madrigals and Classical opera to French art songs and early 20^th-century Modernism. The six featured composers are: Cipriano de Rore, Sebastián Durón, Giovanni Paisiello, Erik Satie, Francesco Paolo Tosti and Max Reger.

A Selected Discography:

The Best of Erik Satie

Satie: French Song Cycles. Hugues Cuenod, tenor

Max Reger – Sinfonietta Op.90, An Die Hoffnung Op.124

Tosti – Canzone. Carlo Bergonzi, tenor

Canzoni ~ Ramon Vargas, tenor

Pavarotti – Mattinata

Arie Amorose: Janet Baker, mezzo

Las Mujeres y Cuerdas – Songs and Guitar Music

Paisiello: Nina, o sia la pazza per amore

Paisiello: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Barroco Español, Vol.2. Sebastián Durón