Photo credit: L’Invenzione Baroque Ensemble Facebook Page
Dearborn First UMC presents a FREE CONCERT!
L’invenzione Baroque Ensemble
“In the Shadow of Vesuvius”
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 4 p.m.
Dearborn First UMC Sanctuary
Experience the vibrant musical world of 17th– and 18th-century Naples with L’Invenzione in a program that captures the drama and brilliance of the Neapolitan Baroque. Considered the musical capital of Europe at that time, Naples was a thriving hub of creativity where composers flourished under the ever-present gaze of Mount Vesuvius.
This concert features recorder concertos and trio sonatas for strings by Alessandro Scarlatti and his contemporaries, offering an evocative journey into a world of dramatic musical contrasts that mirror the geographical and geopolitical backdrop of Naples itself.
Founded in 2016, the Michigan-based group takes its name from the Italian word for invention: the art of spontaneously developing independent melodic lines that, combined together, create a living musical whole.
MUSICIANS:
ELOY CORTINEZ, Recorder
MARY RICCARDI, Baroque Violin
PHOEBE GELZER-GOVATOZ, Baroque Violin
DEBRA LONERGAN, Baroque Cello
JULIA BROWN, Harpsichord and Organ