Performing History: The Italian Baroque Organ and Its Cultural Intersections October 22–25 at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY This four-day festival of concerts, masterclasses, and paper sessions marks the tenth anniversary of the installation of Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG). All events are free and open to the public. Concerts and masterclasses take place in MAG’s Fountain Court. Paper sessions will be in the MAG auditorium. Concert seating is limited, and tickets should be reserved in advance at italianbaroqueorganmag@gmail.com. Sponsored by the Humanities Project, University of Rochester School of Arts and Sciences. Thursday, 22 October Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery 6.30-6:45 PM Welcome Speeches Keynote Address: Nancy Norwood (Curator of European Art, Memorial Art Gallery) Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery 7.30 PM Concert: An Italian Perspective

Roberto Antonello (Treviso, Italy) - organ Works by Gabrieli, Muffat, Buxtehude, Bach, Galuppi, Bovet Free admission, but concert tickets must be reserved in advance. Any remaining tickets will be made available on the door one hour before the concert starts.

Friday, 23 October: Girolamo Frescobaldi, Primo Libro di Toccate (1615) and its cultural context Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery 9-11 AM Organ Masterclass with Armando Carideo (Italy): Frescobaldi’s Organ Works Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery 2-5 PM Paper Session I

Chair: Kerala Snyder (Eastman School of Music) Patrick Macey (Eastman School of Music): From Vocal Madrigal to the Keyboard Toccatas of Frescobaldi Roger Freitas (Eastman School of Music): The Importance of Being Witty in 17th-Century Italy Laura Smoller (University of Rochester): Magic and Science in the Age of Frescobaldi Edoardo Bellotti (Eastman School of Music): The ‘Tricks of the Trade’: Working with Adriano Banchieri’s ‘L’Organo Suonarino’

Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery 7.30 PM Concert: From Madrigal to Toccata: Girolamo Frescobaldi

Edoardo Bellotti (Eastman School of Music) – organ and harpsichord Repertoire from Frescobaldi’s Il Primo Libro di Toccate (1615, 1637) and Toccate, Libro Secondo (1627), with vocal madrigals by Arcadelt and Marenzio. Free admission, but concert tickets must be reserved in advance. Any remaining tickets will be made available on the door one hour before the concert starts.

Saturday,  24  October   Domenico Zipoli and the Jesuits in 18th-Century South America Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery 10 AM-noon Organ Masterclass  with  Roberto  Antonello:  Organ  Works  of  Zipoli  and  His    

  Contemporaries Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery 2-5 PM Paper Session II

Chairs: Daniel Zager (Eastman School of Music) and Pablo Sierra (University of Rochester) Roberto Antonello (Conservatorio di Musica di Vicenza, Italy): Italian Influences in the Music of the Jesuit Reductions Armando Carideo (Rome, Italy): The Jesuits and the Roman Organ Tradition Curt Cadorette (University of Rochester, Religion and Classics): Eyes and See not; Ears and Hear not?: The Ambiguity of the Jesuits in Colonial Latin America. Alfredo Colman (Baylor University): The Transplanted [Colonial] Harp: Master Symbol of Paraguayan Identity?

Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery 7.30 PM Concert: Missa a San Ignacio (Domenico Zipoli)

Christ Church Schola Cantorum (directed by Stephen Kennedy), Nathan Laube (organ), and Publick Musick A liturgical recreation of Zipoli’s Missa a San Ignacio, written for the Jesuit missions in early 18th century South America, with concerted mass movements, organ solos, choral motets, and chant. Free admission, but concert tickets must be reserved in advance. Any remaining tickets will be made available on the door one hour before the concert starts.

Sunday, 25 October Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery 1 PM Concert: Going for Baroque

Eastman organ students play Frescobaldi, Zipoli, and others *No prior ticket reservation required.

3 PM Concert: Going for Baroque

Annie Laver (Syracuse University) - organ *No prior ticket reservation required.

5.30 PM Concert: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration for the Italian Baroque Organ

David Higgs (Eastman School of Music), Hans Davidsson (Royal Danish Academy of Music), William Porter (Eastman School of Music, McGill University) - organ The inauguration of Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at MAG in October 2005 was celebrated with a ten-day festival, including a recital given by Eastman’s three organ professors at that time. Ten years later, this concert reunites these renowned performers in a varied program showcasing the colors of the Italian Baroque Organ. Free admission, but concert tickets must be reserved in advance. Any remaining tickets will be made available on the door one hour before the concert starts