Venice, Italy (4 November, 2024) – A gala concert on November 16, 2024 is the first modern performance of Baroque musical works identified at Montagu Music Collection, Boughton House, UK by American soprano Liesl Odenweller.
Unheard after 300 years, works by composers Hasse, Leo, Porpora and Porta, have been brought back from obscurity and will be performed by Venice Music Project, at Scuola Grande dei Carmini in the Tiepolo Hall at 19:00.
Tickets are limited and are €25-35; €10 for students. VIP tickets €55 will enjoy an Italian apericena following the concert.
Of particular interest are two sacred works (motets) by Giovanni Porta and Johann Adolf Hasse. “To the best of our knowledge, these motets are unique, found only in the Boughton House collection,” says Marica Tacconi, Ph,D., Distinguished Professor of Musicology at the Pennsylvania State University. “It’s always exciting to find new music and to bring it back to modern audiences.” Porta and Hasse were contemporaries of Antonio Vivaldi, and Porta was his colleague at La Pietà. “These motets, with their virtuosic and high-energy musical gestures, are representative of the Venetian style that attracted praise from listeners from across Europe.” Professor Tacconi will introduce the concert and provide some context surrounding the music.
“For more than a decade, the Musical Archaeologists of Venice Music Project have been identifying musical masterworks among manuscripts in archives, to restore them and share them with today’s audiences. Curators may not be aware of the unique and special nature of these works, as is the case with these treasures uncovered in the Montagu Music Collection,” explains Odenweller. “These composers are important to Venice.”
Concert tickets are limited and are €25-35; €10 for students. VIP tickets €55 will enjoy an Italian apericena following the concert.
A documentary is in production about this project; recording and filming will occur. Attendees will sign a media release. Tickets at Venice Music Project website or at https://bit.ly/4eV0vWs
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ABOUT VENICE MUSIC PROJECT: Venice Music Project enters its second decade as the foremost nonprofit association in Italy for musical research, restoration and performance. Just as other international organizations preserve Venice’s art and architecture, Venice Music Project restores her music. Venice Music Project enjoys a wonderful collaboration with the Scuola Grande dei Carmini, where concertgoers can wander the rooms of the last of these Venetian charitable and artistic societies, and enjoy the treasures held in them including recently-restored Tiepolo panels.
ABOUT MARICA TACCONIMarica Tacconi is Distinguished Professor of Musicology and Art History atthe Pennsylvania State University. She is an expert on the music of early modern and Baroque Italy, especially Florence and Venice. A native of central Italy, she holds a B.A. in Music from Williams College and a Ph.D. in Musicology from Yale University.
ABOUT BOUGHTON HOUSE AND MONTAGU MUSIC COLLECTION Boughton House in Kettering, Northamptonshire, is home to the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. The House displays a staggering collection of fine art including paintings from El Greco, Gainsborough and Van Dyck, the highest quality furniture, porcelain, weapons and textiles. The 17th Century Designed Landscape at Boughton includes the canalised river and lily pond. The House and Gardens are open throughout the year for group visits, by appointment, and for weddings, private and corporate events. For more information on Boughton House, visit www.boughtonhouse.co.uk or contact the Trust office at 01536 515 731, info@boughtonhouse.co.uk
