CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
TENET
The Secret Lover: Women in 17th-Century Italy
Part of Salon Encores.
Performers
TENET
Jolle Greenleaf, Artistic Director
·· Molly Quinn, Soprano
·· Virginia Warnken Kelsey, Mezzo-Soprano
·· Hank Heijink, Theorbo
·· Charles Weaver, Theorbo
·· Emily Walhout, Viola da Gamba
·· Jeffrey Grossman, Harpsichord
Jolle Greenleaf, Artistic Director
Program
KAPSBERGER "Toccata arpeggiata" from Intavolatura di chitarrone, Book I
STROZZI "Le tre gracie à Venere"
MONTEVERDI "Tornate, o cari baci" from The Seventh Book of Madrigals
KAPSBERGER "Capona" from Intavolatura di chitarrone, Book IV
PESENTI "Ardo ma non ardisco"
A. GABRIELI Anchor che co'l partire
STROZZI "L'amante segreto"
KAPSBERGER "Passacaglia" from Intavolatura di chitarrone, Book IV
MONTEVERDI "Interrotte speranze, eterna fede" from Madrigals, Book VII
MERULA Toccata del secondo tono
STROZZI "L'Eraclito amoroso"
KAPSBERGER "Kapsberger" from Intavolatura di chitarrone, Book IV
MONTEVERDI "Ardo e scoprir, ahi lasso, io non ardisco" from Madrigals of War and Love, Book VIII
KAPSBERGER "Colascione" from Intavolatura di chitarrone, Book IV
STROZZI "L'astratto"
CAROLINE SHAW "Dolce cantavi"
ANON. "Passacalli della vita" from Canzonette spirituali, e morali (1657)
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately 80 minutes with no intermission.Watch
La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic is sponsored by Chubb.
The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism has granted La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic its official support (“Patrocinio”) in recognition of Carnegie Hall’s celebration of Italy’s extraordinarily rich cultural legacy.
Carnegie Hall gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture and Tourism in Rome; the Embassy of Italy in Washington, DC; and the Consulate General of Italy in New York.
At a Glance
TENET has chosen a rich selection of music by Monteverdi and his colleagues. Strongly featured is the sometimes haunting, sometimes humorous music of Barbara Strozzi, a remarkable woman who used her gifts as a virtuoso soprano and composer to play an important role in this male-dominated creative world. We also encounter a fascinating woman of today: Caroline Shaw, the youngest-ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Shaw’s “Dolce cantavi” is an exquisite modern re-imagining of an Italian Baroque madrigal.
Bios
TENET
TENET celebrates its eighth anniversary as one of New York's preeminent vocal ensembles.
Artistic Director Jolle Greenleaf has won acclaim for the ensemble's innovative
programming, virtuosic singing, and command of repertoire that spans the Middle Ages to the
present with a focus on early music. Renowned for their interpretations of Renaissance and
Baroque repertoire, TENET features distinguished soloists who shine
in one-voice-to-a-part singing and as joined voices in small ensembles. The ensemble
sponsors the highly praised Green Mountain Project, giving annual performances of
Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, as well as other vespers that have been newly
reconstructed by musical director Scott Metcalfe, including those by Gabrieli, Charpentier,
and their contemporaries. A driving force in cultivating the New York City early music
community, TENET collaborates regularly with other acclaimed ensembles and organizations,
including Dark Horse Consort, Five Boroughs Music Festival, New York Polyphony, and the
Sebastians. Highlights from TENET's celebrated New York City concert series include
performances of Bach's motets, a three-year cycle of Gesualdo's Tenebrae
Responsories, performances of works by Purcell and his contemporaries in celebration
of St. Cecilia (music's patron saint), two miniseries of medieval music (The Sounds of
Time and The Cycle of Invention), and an original theatrical production
that highlights works composed by, for, and about women in 17th-century Italy.
Jolle Greenleaf
Soprano Jolle Greenleaf, artistic director of TENET, has been hailed as a major force in
the New York early music scene and a leading voice in the field. She is a sought-after
soloist for works such as Bach's St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion,
and Mass in B Minor; Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri; Handel's
Messiah and Israel in Egypt; as well as for music by Purcell and
most notably Monteverdi. Career highlights include tours to festivals such as Costa Rica's
International Music Festival, Festival Casals de Puerto Rico, Cuba's Festival de Música
Antigua Esteban Salas, Early Music Vancouver, and performances in Denmark and throughout
the US. She has performed as a soloist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion with
Helmuth Rilling and in Arvo Pärt's Passio, and also collaborated with John Rutter
in his Requiem. She can be heard throughout TENET's entire discography and as a
soloist on the Grammy-nominated CD Israel in Egypt with the Trinity Baroque
Orchestra and Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
Molly Quinn
Soprano Molly Quinn has appeared as a soloist with many classical and early music
ensembles, including Apollo's Fire, Portland Baroque Orchestra, The Knights, Bang on a Can
All-Stars, Clarion Music Society, Early Music Vancouver, Carmel Bach Festival, Catacoustic
Consort, Staunton Music Festival, American Classical Orchestra, and Trinity Baroque
Orchestra. Ms. Quinn is a frequent performer with New York's early music ensemble TENET,
and is featured throughout their discography. She has also garnered acclaim for her
genre-crossing work in classical, folk, and contemporary music. She appears regularly with
Bang on a Can All-Stars in Steel Hammer, a production that has toured extensively
and will travel to Abu Dhabi this year. Other highlights this season include solo
performances of Bach's Magnificat with Early Music Vancouver, a debut at the
Kennedy Center in the title role of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Folger
Consort, and as Papagena in Clarion Music Society's production of Die
Zauberflöte.
Virginia Warnken Kelsey
Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Virginia Warnken Kelsey is known for her
heartfelt interpretations of the works of Bach, Handel, and their contemporaries. She has
been seen on the main stages of Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and Walt Disney Concert
Hall, and has been featured as the alto soloist in Handel's Samson, Bach's B-Minor
Mass, Handel's Messiah, Mozart's C-Minor Mass, and Bach's St. Matthew
Passion at the Spoleto Festival and with Helmuth Rilling at the Casals Festival.
Recent highlights include performances with Carmel Bach Society and at the Boston Early
Music Festival. Known for her exciting and unique performances of avant-garde 20th- and
21st-century works, she is a founding member of the groundbreaking Grammy-winning
alternative classical vocal band Roomful of Teeth. In addition to performing, Ms. Warnken
Kelsey has taught privately and guest lectured at Yale University, Princeton University,
Williams College, Wellesley College, Vassar College, and Dickinson College.
Hank Heijink
Lutenist Hank Heijink has played all over the world with leading ensembles such
as the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra with Ton Koopman, Orchestre d'Auvergne, Mark Morris
Dance Group, and The Wooster Group. As a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, he
toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and Scandinavia. Dr. Heijink has collaborated
with Richard Egarr, Nigel North, Christina Pluhar, and other notable European musicians,
and taken part in productions of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Blow's Venus and
Adonis, Cavalli's Didone, and Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in
patria, among others. As a regular member of TENET, he can be heard on the ensemble's
entire discography and as a soloist on Uno + One: Italia Nostra and The
Secret Lover. A native of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Dr. Heijink holds a
performance degree from The Hague's Royal Conservatory, as well as a master's degree in
computer science and a doctorate in social sciences. When not playing the lute, he writes
software for the iPhone.
Charles Weaver
Charles Weaver performs on early plucked-string instruments both as a recitalist and
accompanist. Chamber music appearances include those with Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble,
Early Music New York, Piffaro: The Renaissance Band, The Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center, Folger Consort, Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, Musica Pacifica, and the
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble. He is on the faculty of The Juilliard School,
where he teaches historically informed performance on plucked instruments. In 2016, Mr.
Weaver was the assistant conductor for Juilliard Opera's production of
Cavalli's La Calisto. He also works with the New York Continuo Collective, an
ensemble of players and singers who explore 17th-century vocal music in semester-length
workshop productions. He has taught at the Lute Society of America Summer Workshop, Madison
Early Music Festival, and ensemble singing at the Western Wind Workshop. Mr. Weaver is
associate director of music at St. Mary's Church in Norwalk, Connecticut, where he
specializes in Renaissance polyphony and Gregorian chant.
Emily Walhout
Emily Walhout grew up playing the cello and piano, but it was not until
college that she discovered her love for Baroque bass lines. While at Oberlin Conservatory,
she took up Baroque cello and viola da gamba, thus launching an active career in early
music. She was a founding member of both The King's Noyse and La Luna, ensembles
consisting of two violins and basso continuo devoted to music of the 17th century. She
has played cello, viola da gamba, lirone, and principal bass violin for the Green
Mountain Project, Boston Early Music Festival, New York Collegium, Emmanuel
Music, Handel and Haydn Society, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Portland Baroque
Orchestra, Trinity Consort (Portland), Les Violons du Roy, Les Boréades de Montréal,
and Montreal Baroque Festival. Current chamber ensemble collaborations include Les Délices
and Nota Bene Viol Consort. She has toured as a chamber musician throughout North America
and Europe, and has recorded extensively with the Boston Camerata, La Luna, and The King's
Noyse.
Jeffrey Grossman
Keyboardist and conductor Jeffrey Grossman specializes in vital, engaging
performances of music of the past through processes that are intensely collaborative and
historically informed. This season, Mr. Grossman conducts Bach's St. John
Passion from the organ with the Sebastians and TENET, performs as featured
harpsichord soloist in Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with the Saint Paul
Chamber Orchestra, and conducts Handel's Agrippina with Juilliard Opera and
Juilliard415. In addition to serving as artistic director of the acclaimed Baroque ensemble
the Sebastians, he also performs this year with the Green Mountain Project, Spire Chamber
Ensemble, Quodlibet Ensemble, Music in the Somerset Hills, and Bach Players of Holy
Trinity. For the past nine seasons, he has also toured parts of the rural US with artists
of the Piatigorsky Foundation, performing outreach concerts intended to bring live
classical music to underserved communities. Mr. Grossman can be heard on the Avie,
Gothic, Naxos, Albany, Soundspells, Métier, and MSR Classics record labels, and has several
new CD recordings
of early music currently in production. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he holds degrees
from Harvard College, The Juilliard School, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Dan Rigazzi
Dan Rigazzi has been a stage director at the Metropolitan Opera for 10 seasons. In his
time there, he has assisted some of the most influential artists in the American theater:
Susan Stroman, Mary Zimmerman, Jack O'Brien, and Bartlett Sher. In addition, Mr. Rigazzi
has created original work for opera companies around the US. Favorite projects include
The Magic Flute for Arizona Opera, Madama Butterfly and La
bohème for Ash Lawn Opera, The Tales of Hoffmann for Wolf Trap
Opera, and The Rape of Lucretia for Pittsburgh Opera. Mr. Rigazzi made his
international debut in 2014 at Teatro alla Scala, assisting Mary Zimmerman with her
production of Lucia di Lammermoor. He is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School
of Drama and an alumnus of the Drama League Directors Project.