EROI Festival 2005
Inaugural Festival for the
Italian Baroque Organ
The newly restored 18th-century Italian organ (anonymous builder) at the Memorial Art Gallery
October 6-16, 2005
Rochester, New York
Inaugural Weekend
Masterclasses and Performances
EROI Symposium
Festival Registration
Hotel Accomodations
Sponsorship
Inaugural Weekend
Thursday, October 6
7:00 PM, Memorial Art Gallery, Fountain Court Room
Seating capacity will be extremely limited
Friday, October 7
Inaugural Concert: By Invitation Only
7:00 PM,
Memorial Art Gallery, Fountain Court Room
Seating capacity will be extremely limited
Saturday, October 8
Organ Open House: mini-concerts every 15 minutes
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Memorial Art Gallery, Fountain Court Room
Inaugural Concert: Tragicomedia and Concerto Palatino
Paul O’Dette, director
Monteverdi Vespers
7:00 PM,
Memorial Art Gallery, Fountain Court Room
Tickets: $50, available at RPO Box Office
Seating capacity will be extremely limited
Sunday, October 9
1 PM
Tickets: $10 ($5 with student ID), available at the door
Paul O’Dette, director
Monteverdi Vespers
3:00 PM, The Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word
Tickets: $20, available at the door and RPO Box Office
8 PM, Memorial Art Gallery, Fountain Court Room
Tickets: $15 ($7.50 with student ID), available at the door
Masterclasses and Performances
As part of the EROI festival, Edoardo Bellotti will present several masterclasses on Italian baroque music. While the majority of the performers in these masterclasses will be Eastman students, a limited number of outside participants may also play. The masterclasses will feature in particular the works of Girolamo Frescobaldi, Bernardo Pasquini, as well as keyboard transcriptions of Italian concertos. Any piece by these composers may be performed, however, the following is a list of works that will be given particular attention.
| Frescobaldi | Cappriccio I Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La (1624) Cappriccio II La So Fa Mi Re Ut Toccate IV, VI, VII (Libro II, 1637) Fiori Musicali, 1635 |
| Pasquini | Fantasia La mifa fa (vol. II Ed. Carideo, p.3) Canzona francese in c sol fa ut (vol. II, p.30) Bergamasaca (vol. II, p.54) Toccata Terza (vol. III, p.55) Toccata Ottava (vol. III, p.71) Partite diverse di Follia (vol. IV, p.2) Passacagli per lo Scozzese (vol. V, p.10) The recommended edition of Pasquini’s works is Opera per tastiera, 5 vols. (Andromeda Editrice, ed. Armando Carideo) |
| Concerti | Bach – Marcello, Concerto in D, BWV 974 Walther – Albinoni, Concerto in B-flat major Anonymous – Vivaldi, Concerto in G major (Keyboard Transcriptions from the Bach Circle, AR Editions, p.29) Billington – Corelli, Concerto X in C major (Discantica, Milan, ed. Edoardo Bellotti) Anonymous – Vivaldi, Concerto VI delle Stravaganze (Anne Dawson’s Book, Discantica, Milan, ed. Edoardo Bellotti) |
Monday, October 10
9-10 AM
10:30-Noon
1:30-2:30 PM
3-5 PM
Edoardo Bellotti and Schola Cantorum Christ Church
Stephen Kennedy, director
8 PM
Tickets: $15 ($7.50 with student ID), available at the door
Tuesday, October 11
9-10 AM
10:30-Noon
1:30-2:30 PM
3-5 PM
Harald Vogel at the Bozeman organ
8 PM, Asbury First United Methodist Church
Tickets: $15 ($7.50 with student ID), available at the door
Wednesday, October 12
9-10 AM
10:30-Noon
1:30-2:30 PM
3-5 PM
8 PM
Tickets: $15 ($7.50 with student ID), available at the door
Thursday, October 13
11 AM-1 PM
1:30-2:30 PM
3-5 PM
EROI Symposium
The Italian Baroque Organ:
Context, Instruments, Repertory, Performance
Thursday, October 13
6 PM
8 PM
Friday, October 14
Nancy Norwood: Italian Baroque Paintings in the Fountain Court
Edoardo Bellotti: Italian Organ Cases from the Sixteenth- to the Eighteenth-Century
Roger Freitas: Serious Wit: The Seventeenth-Century Italian Cantata
Alexander Silbiger: Frescobaldi's Two Books of Toccatas: Monuments of Art or Student Exercises?
9 AM
Paul O'Dette, lute
12:15 PM
Tickets: $10 ($5 with student ID), available at the door
Eastman's new Italian Organ (Edoardo Bellotti, Hans Davidsson and Gerald Woehl)
The Mondini Harpsichord at Memorial Art Gallery (Monika May, Rob Kerner and William Porter)
Willard Martin: Introduction to the Cembalo Cromatico
Christopher Stembridge: Lecture-Recital Consonanze Stravaganti - Music for the Cembalo Cromatico
2 PM
Hans Davidsson, David Higgs and William Porter
8 PM
Tickets: $15 ($7.50 with student ID), available at the door
Saturday, October 15
Annette Richards and David Yearsley: Cornell University's Vicedomini Organ
David Yearsley: An English Catholic in Rome: Peter Philips's Organ Music
Annette Richards: Elevation Toccata and Painting in Frescobaldi's Rome
Joel Speerstra: The Italian Clavichord Tradition: Form and Function
Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra: Con gravità e leggiadria: Aspects of Technique and Invention in the Toccatas of Gabrieli, Merulo, and Diruta
9 AM
Eastman students
1 PM
Edoardo Bellotti: Organ and Liturgy in Italy from the Council of Trent to the Eighteenth Century
Daniel Zager: Vespers Hymnody as a Context for Organ Composition and Improvisation in Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century Italy
Workshop on Psalm Tones and Church Tones (Kerala Snyder and Stephen Kennedy, with Eastman students)
2 PM
Organ Music by Bernardo Pasquini and Chant
Edoardo Bellotti and Christ Church Schola Cantorum
Stephen Kennedy, director
5:30 PM
Tickets: $15 ($7.50 with student ID), available at the door
evening
Sunday, October 16
Annette Richards and David Yearsley
1 PM
Tickets: $10 ($5 with student ID), available at the door
Hans Davidsson, moderator; Edoardo Bellotti, Steven Dieck, Bruce Fowkes, Paul Fritts, Martin Pasi, William Porter, Roger Sherman, George Taylor, Gerald Woehl, Munetaka Yokota among others
2:30 PM
8 PM, Christ Church
Tickets: $10 ($5 with student ID), available at the door
Christ Church Schola Cantorum
Stephen Kennedy, director
9 PM
Festival Registration
Hotel Accomodations
Discounted hotel accomodations have been arranged with the Strathallen Hotel for registrants of the EROI Festival at the following rates:
Studio suites with 1 or 2 queen size beds: $107.00 (tax not included)
One bedroom suites with 1 king or queen size bed: $117.00 (taxes not included)
To recieve the discounted rate, callers must identify themselves as participants with the EROI Festival. Reservations can be made by calling 800.678.7284; emailing reservations@strathallan.com; or by visiting the Strathallen website and entering the promotion code: EDU. Discount reservations will be taken until September 12, 2005. All reservations must be guaranteed by a credit card or advance deposit.
The Strathallan Hotel offers complimentary airport shuttle service to and from the Greater Rochester International Airport, Amtrak Station, and Greyhound Bus Terminal. Complimentary shuttle service is provided on an advanced reservation basis only. Please contact the Strathallan Hotel to make your reservations.
Sponsorship
The 2005 EROI Festival is presented by the Eastman School of Music and the Westfield Center.
The Memorial Art Gallery and the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester are partners of the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative.
Additional sponsorship:
Cornell University, The Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, The Italian Cultural Institue in New York City, The Italian-American Community in Upstate New York, The Schola Cantorum of Christ Church, Christ Church (Episcopal), Third Presbyterian Church, Asbury First United Methodist Church, GOArt, Göteborg University,The Rochester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Gerald Woehl Orgelbau, Parsons Pipe Organ Builders; Paul Fritts and Co. Organ Builders, Richards Fowkes & Co. Organ Builders, C.B. Fisk, Inc; Taylor and Boody Organ Builders, Flentrop Orgelbouw BV, Associazione Culturale Mons. Celestino Eccher and the Smarano Organ Academy, Trentino in Italy, The Regional Goverment of Trentino, Loft and Gothic Recordings, The Joseph Rippey Trust Fund
