this is even better than the 2 cello version

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 3, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange (www.emmanuel-lagrange.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium.

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

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ViolMedium - Façades & Duplicities: Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Prelude & Voluntarie à4 for my Ladye Nevell, My Ladye Nevells Booke, No.26. London. GB-Lbl, MS Mus.1591 (1591)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered July 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

The Works à3 & à4 of William Byrd (ca​.​1540​-​1623)

Prelude & Voluntarie à4 for my Ladye Nevell, My Ladye Nevells Booke, No.26. London. GB-Lbl, MS Mus.1591 (1591)

William Byrd (ca.1540-1623) - Prelude & Voluntarie à4, London. GB-Lbl, MS Mus.1591 (1591)

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) - Che si puo fare, Op.8

From @BlackTulipEM's Concert for Chicago's Musicians Club of Women at the Rev. John Buchanan Chapel, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Chicago, IL. The recording was engineered by Tom Haigh on Friday, June 1, 2018.

@Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano
Mirja Lorenz, recorders
@PhillipWSerna, violas da gamba
Joel Spears, theorbo

To find out more about Black Tulip, please visit www.blacktulip.org.

Che si puo fare, Op.8

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) - Che si puo fare, Op.8

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) - Ardo e ver per te d’ Amore, H.62

From @BlackTulipEM's Concert for Chicago's Musicians Club of Women at the Rev. John Buchanan Chapel, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Chicago, IL. The recording was engineered by Tom Haigh on Friday, June 1, 2018.


@Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano
Mirja Lorenz, recorders
@PhillipWSerna, violas da gamba
Joel Spears, theorbo

To find out more about Black Tulip, please visit www.blacktulip.org.

Ardo e ver per te d’ Amore, H.62

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) - Ardo e ver per te d’ Amore, H.62

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787) - [Allegro] in d​​​-​​​minor, AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29 from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871, no​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​25 (ca​​​​​​​.​​​1790​​​-​​​99)

Often labelled as 'the last gambist' and a 3rd-generation viol performer, Carl Friederich Abel (1723-1787), was son of Christian Ferdinand Abel, performer in court ensembles led by Johann Sebastian Bach. After studies with Bach Leipzig and a post to Johann Adolf Hasse's court orchestra in Dresden, Abel joined the London court of Queen Charlotte where he befriended Bach's son, Johann Christian with whom he established the Bach-Abel Concerts running from 1765-1781. Abel left behind a sizeable body of work for the viola da gamba, which has expanded to over 400 surviving works in recent years due to several significant musicological finds. This single was released in honor of the 300th anniversary of the birth of gambist & composer Carl Friederich Abel on December 22,2023.

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered December 2023 by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL for the Midweﬅ415 release "Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787) - Allegro in d​​​-​​​minor, AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29 from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871, no​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​25 (ca​​​​​​​.​​​1790​​​-​​​99)." This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787)

Allegro in d​​​-​​​minor, AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29 from 27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba, New York. NYp, Drexel 5871, no​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​25 (ca​​​​​​​.​​​1790​​​-​​​99)

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Carl Friedrich Abel (1723​​​-​​​1787) - [Allegro], AbelWV A1​​​:​​​A29, 27 Pieces for Viola da Gamba

William Byrd (ca​​​.​​​1540​​​-​​​1623) - Browning à5, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31390 (ca.1578)

Performed, recorded, mixed & mastered July 2023 by Phillip W. Serna at Dwarf Star Audio, Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2023 @PhillipWSerna, Midweﬅ415. For information on gambist & historical bassist @PhillipWSerna, visit https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna.

Browning à5, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31390 (ca.1578)

William Byrd (ca​​​.​​​1540​​​-​​​1623) - Browning à5, London. GB-Lbl, Add.Ms.31390 (ca.1578)

Dietrich Buxtehude (ca.1637-1707) - Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied, BuxWV98

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), & Joel Spears, lutes & theorbo (US). 

Recorded & engineered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, IL by Tom Haigh in March 2019 with mastering & post-production by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio in February 2024 for Midweﬅ415 in Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2024 Black Tulip, Midweﬅ415. For information on international period-instrument ensemble Black Tulip, visit blacktulip.org.

The painting 'The Songbird" by Josefien Stoppelenburg appears here courtesy of the artist and is available for purchase at josefienstoppelenburg-art.com

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BuxWV98 by Dietrich Buxtehude was composed for performance in the Lübeck Marienkirche, where Buxtehude was organist from 1668 until his death in 1707. While leaving behind over 120 vocal works with many varied scorings, styles and lengths, Buxtehude's Singet dem Herrn is based on the text for Psalm 98 verses 1-4 - unique in Buxtehude's œuvre as it is his only concertato vocal work employing a single solo instrument.

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, denn er tut Wunder. Er sieget mit seiner Rechten und mit seinem heiligen Arm.
Der Herr lässet sein Heil verkündigen, für den Völkern lässt er seine Gerechtigkeit offenbaren.
Er gedenket an seine Gnade und Wahrheit dem Hause Israel. Aller Welt Enden sehen das Heil unsers Gottes.
Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt; singet, rühmet und lobet!

O sing unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things.
With his own right hand, and with his holy arm: hath he gotten himself the victory.
The Lord declared his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel: and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God.

Dietrich Buxtehude (ca.1637-1707) - Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied, BuxWV98

Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied, BuxWV98

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - IV - Aria: Ha l'inganno il suo diletto

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), & Joel Spears, lutes & theorbo (US). 

Recorded & engineered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, IL by Tom Haigh in March 2019 with mastering & post-production by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio in February 2024 for Midweﬅ415 in Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2024 Black Tulip, Midweﬅ415. For information on international period-instrument ensemble Black Tulip, visit blacktulip.org.

The painting 'Untitled 1' by Joel Spears appears here courtesy of the artist.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 by George Frideric Handel was composed between 1706 and 1708 during several of his visits to the Italian peninsula, where he composed over 100 secular cantatas for the entertainments of Benedetto Pamphili, Pietro Ottoboni, and especially the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli. Based on an anonymous text, Pensieri notturni di Filli is Handel's only surviving chamber cantata for voice, recorder and continuo.

Aria:
 Ha l'inganno il suo diletto
 se i pensier mossi d'affetto,
 stiman ver ciò che non sanno.
 Ma se poi si risveglia a un tale errore
 il pensier ridica a noi:
 ha l'inganno il suo dolore.
 Ha l'inganno, etc.

 If thoughts, moved by love,
 Deem as true what they do not know,
 This sort of deceit has its charm.
 But if the mind awakens from such an error
 May it speak the truth to us all:
 "This deceit has its charm!"
 If thoughts, etc.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - IV - Aria: Ha l'inganno il suo diletto

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri Notturni Di Filli, HWV134 - Ha l'inganno

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - III - Recitativo: Così fida ella vive al cuor che adora

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), & Joel Spears, lutes & theorbo (US). 

Recorded & engineered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, IL by Tom Haigh in March 2019 with mastering & post-production by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio in February 2024 for Midweﬅ415 in Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2024 Black Tulip, Midweﬅ415. For information on international period-instrument ensemble Black Tulip, visit blacktulip.org.

The painting 'Untitled 1' by Joel Spears appears here courtesy of the artist.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 by George Frideric Handel was composed between 1706 and 1708 during several of his visits to the Italian peninsula, where he composed over 100 secular cantatas for the entertainments of Benedetto Pamphili, Pietro Ottoboni, and especially the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli. Based on an anonymous text, Pensieri notturni di Filli is Handel's only surviving chamber cantata for voice, recorder and continuo.

Recitativo:
 Così fida ella vive al cuor che adora,
 e nell'ombra respira
 la luce di quel sol per cui sospira.

 In this way, she's loyal toward the heart she adores,
 and she breathes like a shadow of the light
 for which she only sighs.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - III - Recitativo: Così fida ella vive al cuor che adora

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri Notturni Di Filli, HWV134 - Così Fida Ella Vive

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - II - Aria: Giacchè il sonno a lei dipinge

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), & Joel Spears, lutes and theorbo (US). 

Recorded & engineered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, IL by Tom Haigh in March 2019 with mastering & post-production by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio in February 2024 for Midweﬅ415 in Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2024 Black Tulip, Midweﬅ415. For information on international period-instrument ensemble Black Tulip, visit blacktulip.org.

The painting 'Untitled 1' by Joel Spears appears here courtesy of the artist.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 by George Frideric Handel was composed between 1706 and 1708 during several of his visits to the Italian peninsula, where he composed over 100 secular cantatas for the entertainments of Benedetto Pamphili, Pietro Ottoboni, and especially the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli. Based on an anonymous text, Pensieri notturni di Filli is Handel's only surviving chamber cantata for voice, recorder and continuo.

Aria:
 Giacchè il sonno a lei dipinge
 la sembianza del suo bene,
 nella quiete nè pur finge
 d'abbracciar le sue catene
 Giacchè, etc.

 From the moment sleep seems 
 to paint on her face the figure of her bien-aimée,
 during this quietness, sleep seems also 
 to embrace its chains.
 From the moment, etc.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - II - Aria: Giacchè il sonno a lei dipinge

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri Notturni Di Filli, HWV134 - Giacchè Il Sonno

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - I - Recitativo: Nel dolce dell'oblio

@BlackTulipEM is a multinational ensemble featuring @Josefien-Stoppelenburg, soprano (the Netherlands), Mirja Lorenz, recorders (Germany), @PhillipWSerna, viols (US), & Joel Spears, lutes & theorbo (US). 

Recorded & engineered at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, IL by Tom Haigh in March 2019 with mastering & post-production by @PhillipWSerna at Dwarf Star Audio in February 2024 for Midweﬅ415 in Plainfield, IL. This audio content is copyright © 2024 Black Tulip, Midweﬅ415. For information on international period-instrument ensemble Black Tulip, visit blacktulip.org.

The painting 'Untitled 1' by Joel Spears appears here courtesy of the artist.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 by George Frideric Handel was composed between 1706 and 1708 during several of his visits to the Italian peninsula, where he composed over 100 secular cantatas for the entertainments of Benedetto Pamphili, Pietro Ottoboni, and especially the Marquis Francesco Maria Ruspoli. Based on an anonymous text, Pensieri notturni di Filli is Handel's only surviving chamber cantata for voice, recorder and continuo.

Recitativo:
 Nel dolce dell'oblio, benchè riposi,
 la mia Filli adorata
 veglia coi pensier suoi.
 E in quella quiete Amor non cessa mai,
 con varie forme,
 la sua pace turbar mentre elle dorme.

 In her sweet sleep, although resting,
 My adored Phillis
 Awakens through her thoughts
 And in this quietness
 Love never stops in various ways
 to trouble her sleeping peace.

Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV134 - I - Recitativo: Nel dolce dell'oblio

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Pensieri Notturni Di Filli, HWV134 - Nel Dolce Dell Oblio

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - Duos, Sz.98

Rutén Kolomejka.’ No.35 
Oláh Nóta ‘Wallachian Song,’ No.7
Tót Nóta ‘Slovakian Song,’ No.8
Szentivánéji ‘Midsummer Song,’ No.4
Gyermekrengetéskor ‘Cradle Song,’ No.11
Menetelö Nóta ‘Hungarian March,’ No.18
Minuetto, No.3
Mese ‘Fairy Tale’, No.19
Burleszk ‘Burlesque,’ No.16
Lakodalamas ‘Wedding Song,’ No.13
Magyar Nóta ‘Hungarian Song,’ No.25
Párnás Tánc ‘Pillow Dance,’ No.14

Commissioned by German violinist Erich Doflein, Béla Bartók composed his 44 Duos, Sz.98 in 1931 as a series of pedagogical pieces not unlike his Mikrokosmos (1926-1939). Bartók draws from a variety of Eastern European folk melodies & dances as per his youthful ethnomusicological travels with colleague and composer Zoltán Kodály, representing music of many eastern European oral traditions: Hungarian, Romanian, Ruthenian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and more. The exquisite quality of the counterpoint, as well as the timbral contrasts, harmonies and melodies make these works ideal for translation to the transparent colors of violas da gamba.

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 3, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange (www.emmanuel-lagrange.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium. https://youtu.be/Yh7eUGARp_o

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - Duos, Sz.98

Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) - Duetto in D-Minor
Poco Allegro
Adagio
Allegro

Among the composers at the so-called “Berlin School,”serving as harpsichordist at the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia, Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) spent the majority of his career in the service of the king’s sister Anna Amalia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg. A portion of the manuscript Schaffrath’s duo is in the hand of virtuoso gambist Ludwig Christian Hesse (1716-1772), a virtuoso gambist employed by Frederick the Great in 1741 and later by the king’s nephew, Crown Prince Frederick William (1744-1797). The duo may have been written for Hesse and Prince Frederick William to perform or with Frederick William’s father August Wilhelm (1722-1758). 

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 3, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange (www.emmanuel-lagrange.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium. https://youtu.be/ruqVntgn9Gc

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763) - Duetto in D-Minor

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) - Duetto in G-Major, A3:5A from the Maltzan Collection
Vivace
Siciliano
Tempo di Minuet

Often labelled as ‘the last gambist‘ and a 3rd-generation viol performer, Carl Friederich Abel was son of Christian Ferdinand Abel, viol performer in court ensembles led by Johann Sebastian Bach. After studies in Leipzig and a post to Johann Adolf Hasse’s court orchestra in Dresden, Abel joined the London court of Queen Charlotte where he befriended Bach’s son, Johann Christian with whom he established the Bach-Abel Concerts. ViolMedium is performing the Duetto in G-Major, A3:5A from the first edition first edition edited by Sonia Wronkowska, Edition Güntersberg (www.guentersberg.de) from sources owned by Count Joachim Carl Maltzan (1733-1817) held by the Library of the Adam Mickiewicz, University in Poznań, Poland, discovered alongside twenty-seven sonatas by Abel and two previously unknown sonatas by Johann Christian Bach and Andreas Lidl.

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 3, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange (www.emmanuel-lagrange.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium. https://youtu.be/V6W7bdiuxDQ

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) - Duetto in G-Major, A3:5A from the Maltzan Collection

Gottfried Finger (ca.1660-1730) - Intrada in A-Major from the Codex Sünchinger
Adagio-[Allegro]-Adagio-[Andante]

Gottfried Finger, a Moravian viola da gamba virtuoso and composer, worked at the courts of James II of England, Queen Sophie Charlotte in Berlin, and Duke Charles Philipp in Innsbruck. Finger composed operas but is primarily remembered for his chamber music, surviving in collections from 1688, 1690, 1691 and 1701.Finger’s Intrada and Curiosa were likely written during his time in England before 1702 and were purchased by Joseph Franz von Seinsheim, Munich ambassador to electoral court at Mannheim, a court where Finger was employed. ViolMedium is performing from the first edition edited by Dr. Fred Flassig, Edition Walhall (edition-walhall.de) from the Codex Sünchinger held by the Archive of Castle Sünching near Regensburg, Germany. 

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 3, 2019 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange (www.emmanuel-lagrange.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium. https://youtu.be/0w9e1nlwcSw

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

Gottfried Finger (ca.1660-1730) - Intrada in A-Major from the Codex Sünchinger

Marin Marais (1656-1728) - Tombeau de Mr. Meliton from Pièces a Deux Violes du Premier Livre (1686)

Marin Marais, among the most famous French viola da gamba virtuosi and composition student of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marais held the title of ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole at the royal court of Versailles. In addition to his 5 volumes of his Pièces de viole (1686-1725), he composed chamber music in the form of his Pièces en trio (1692) and four operas (1693-1709). His viol teacher, the Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, for which little is known,  composed sixty-seven Concerts à deux violes esgales, and over 170 pieces for solo seven-string viol. In addition to Marais, Sainte-Colombe's students also included the Sieur de Danoville, Jean Desfontaines, Pierre Méliton, Jean Rousseau and two women known only as Mlle Rougevillle and Mlle Vignon.

Performed by @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna February 2, 2019 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Madison, WI (www.standrews-madison.org) as part of @ViolMedium's program Façades & Duplicities - Beguiling Curiosities & Excursions for Dueling Gambas, Copyright © 2019 ViolMedium.

Founded by gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba – ViolMedium!

For more information on ViolMedium and gambists Eric Miller & Phillip Serna, please visit www.violmedium.org.

Marin Marais (1656-1728) - Tombeau de Mr. Meliton from Pièces a Deux Violes du Premier Livre (1686)

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Founded by gambists @EricAMiller-1 & @PhillipWSerna, the viol is the medium through which we bridge contemporary & historically-informed performance with experimental and innovative programming for violas da gamba - ViolMedium!

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - Duos, Sz.98

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