Newberry Consort: The Empress—Margarita Teresa
When:
Sunday, October 20, 2019
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: $50 preferred seating, $40 general admission, $10 students
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Preconcert lecture, 2:30 p.m.
A program of operatic excerpts and instrumental dance suites composed in honor of Empress Margarita Teresa of Spain. A stellar string band and vocal soloists will perform excerpts from Antonio Cesti’s Il pomo d’oro, originally written to celebrate the marriage of Margarita Teresa to Emperor Leopold I. The program will also include instrumental interludes by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and scenes from a hilarious intermezzo, , said to have been composed by Emperor Leopold I himself.