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PO Box 301675
Austin, TX 78703
United States

(512) 377-6961

Founded in 1987 by Daniel Johnson, the Texas Early Music Project is dedicated to preserving and advancing the art of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical music through performance, recordings, and educational outreach. 

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Now what was the name of that movie?

Danny Johnson

You know the one…

It’s just on the tip of my brain! It reminds me of fútbol/soccer but it’s a movie… It’s from the early 90s and it has that actor—she’s in most of Wes Anderson’s movies and she makes everything more interesting.

You know the curse they always talk about: “May you live in interesting times”? I wonder: Are “interesting times” in a movie also a curse? (It turns out not to be a Chinese curse but rather a misquoted statement from a British statesman in the 1930s.)

Oh right! And the movie we’re talking about is based, at least partly, in Britain. And it is interesting, not only because of that actor, but also because of its relationship with linear time, something we have explored several times in concerts! Hmmm. I wonder if that actor sings, because she would be great in our ‘It’s About Time’ programs; she’s too busy, I know, but she does look exceedingly authentic in Renaissance clothing! Oh! And that movie is set in the Renaissance! At least partly. And it’s called Orlando!

So very interesting, because our upcoming concert is also set in the Renaissance, and it’s called Orlando, too! Sadly, Tilda Swinton couldn’t be in it…

At any rate, check out the details of our Orlando! below. Come to our “Return to the Renaissance”concert!
-Danny


 
 

Orlando!
Music by di Lasso for Voices & Viols

Saturday, February 11, 2023 at  7:30 pm
&
Sunday, February 12, 2023, 3:00 pm*
Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2111 Alexander Avenue

*We are happy to present preconcert music beginning about 2:15 pm before the Sunday concert by a consort of student viola da gamba players from Woodcreek Middle School in Humble, TX. They are featured in the January, 2023 edition of EMAg, The Magazine of Early Music America.
Viols of the Creek
Pedro Funes, Director

Hosted by Arts on Alexander on the campus of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 
2111 Alexander Ave, Austin, TX 78722.
Visit the Arts on Alexander 2022-2023 events on the AoA website.

Admission $35 general; $30 seniors (60+); $5 students with ID
Tickets available in advance online or by cash, check, or credit card at the door.

For more information, call 512-377-6961 and leave a message,
or email info@early-music.org.

Orlando di Lasso (aka Orlande de Lassus, Roland de Lassus, etc.) was one of the most prolific and versatile composers of the late Renaissance or any other musical era. As indicated by the variations on his name, he was astonishingly mobile: He was from the Lowlands, worked in Italy for at least ten years before returning to Antwerp via France and perhaps England, and then settled in Bavaria for the remainder of his life, although he continued to travel extensively. He was one of the rare composers equally adept at the truly silly and the utterly solemn.

His motets and masses were among the most diverse and exceptional of the entire continent, with subjects varying from the transcendent to the eccentric. Even in motets with standard Biblical texts, the range of expression and harmonic approach of his normal style made the typical become extraordinary.

Although sacred music dominates his extensive output of music, di Lasso was also a master of the styles and genres of secular music. He wrote with equal facility in each language in all the prominent secular forms of the time, including Italian madrigals and villanelle, French chansons, and German lieder. He wrote with equal facility in each language and with the “local flavor,” reflecting the many places he lived, and yet maintained his personal expressiveness and skill. Some of his secular compositions are serious and emotionally powerful while others are downright silly, ribald, risqué, and lots of fun!

A small choir of 20 voices will perform some of his best, most brilliant, stunningly beautiful works in varying combinations, including large scale pieces for 8 and 12 parts, and will include solos by Gitanjali Mathur, Jenifer Thyssen, Laura Mercado Wright, Cayla Cardiff, Ryland Angel, and more. For a change of pace, sonically speaking, we will have a four-part viol consort, featuring Mary Springfels.

Join Texas Early Music Project as we Return to the Renaissance
and the music of a truly cosmopolitan composer.

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