Playgrounds: Works by Purcell, Lully, Bach, Vivaldi, and others
What is known elsewhere as a passacaglia, chaconne, or canon was called "ground" in Baroque England – a repeating bass or harmonic pattern that is imaginatively varied over the course of a piece.
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STEFAN TEMMINGH
This is precisely the principle that recorder player Stefan Temmingh and the ensemble Nuovo Aspetto play with in their program, which combines Baroque masterpieces with compositions by Chick Corea and Michael Nyman, as well as plenty of improvisational creativity.
PROGRAM
- Michael Nyman - An Eye for Optical Theory (from the score to The Draughtsman's Contract)
- Henry Purcell - Ground in C minor ZD 221
- Anonymous - Uppon la mi re
- Henry Purcell - May Her Blest Example Chase (from Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind Z 331)
- Chick Corea - Children’s Song No. 1
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Fourteen Canons BWV 1087 (Selection)
- Johann Heinrich Schmelzer - Sonata secunda in F major (from Sonatae unarum fidium)
- Antonio Vivaldi - Sonata for two Violins and Basso continuo in D minor RV 63 Op. 1 No. 12 "La Follia"
- Tarquinio Merula - Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna
- Anonymous - Follias Anonymous - Corne Yairds (Rowallen Lute Book)
- Anonymous - Greensleeves (The Division Flute)
- Anonymous - Black and Grey (The English Dancing Master)Chick Corea - Children’s Song No. 4
- Anonymous - Durham Ground
- Jean-Baptiste Lully - Chaconne (from Phaeton LWV 61)
Additional information
Participating artists
Stefan Temmingh
Nuovo Aspetto
Mathis Wolfer
Jennifer Harris
Elisabeth Seitz
Michael Dücker
Johanna Seitz
Stefan Maass
Hartmut Becker
Walewein Witten
Peter Kuhnsch
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October 2025
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