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Gregory Heltman and Brynn Marchiando will take center stage with the Santa Fe Symphony for a performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Concerto for Two Trumpets.”
Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem is a choral-orchestral setting of the Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead that was written between 1887 and 1890. It’s a relatively short work in Latin lasting less than 40 minutes that features an orchestra, organ, mixed chorus and soprano and baritone soloists.
“It’s an absolutely beautiful piece of music,” said Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra’s general manager Gregory Heltman. “We’re presenting it as our annual pay-as-you-wish concert.”
The performance features the Santa Fe Symphony Chorus and Chamber Ensemble, Santa Fe Men’s Camerata and two guest artists.
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If you go WHAT: Santa Fe Symphony presents Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, doors open at 6:15 p.m. WHERE: Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, 131 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe HOW MUCH: Pay what you wish. For information call 505-983-3530 |
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Kathlene Ritch is an Austin-based soprano. During her career, Ritch has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and London Sinfonietta. In 2001 she made her solo debut at Lincoln Center with the American Symphony Orchestra.
Singing the baritone solo part is Tim Willson, who has appeared in several roles at the Metropolitan Opera including the mad dollmaker Spalanzani in “Tales of Hoffman” and Wagner in “Mefistofele.” Willson, a native of Colorado, also has been a guest artist at the Santa Fe Opera, the Tulsa Opera and the Sacramento Opera.
Heltman, a native New Mexican who plays the trumpet in the orchestra, in addition to assuming administrative duties, doesn’t often get a chance to shine as soloist. In this concert, he and fellow trumpet player Brynn Marchiando take center stage for a performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Trumpets.
Also a native of the state, Marchiando earned a bachelor of music degree in jazz performance from the University of Denver Lamont School of Music, where she studied with jazz trumpet player Alan Hood. In 2005, she was a runner-up at the International Trumpet Guild Conference jazz competition in Bangkok, Thailand. She is the principal trumpet of the Santa Fe Concert Association Orchestra and acting principal trumpet of the Santa Fe Symphony.
“I first played this work at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in 1976 when I was a sophomore in college at the University of the Pacific,” said Heltman. “This piece has an interesting history. It was the only concerto for two trumpets that Vivaldi wrote. It was hidden away in archives until it was discovered more than 60 years ago in Turin, Italy.”
Only one manuscript of Concerto in C Major, RV 537 was found in the Renzo Giordano Collection at the National Library of Turin. Gian Francesco Malipiero edited the piece for publication in 1950.
With two equal parts that alternate between playing the melody and harmony, Heltman said it’s a work with a lot of imitative passages in it.
“This is a piece that’s actually programmed quite frequently,” he added. “You’ll find it on programs at universities and in professional concert halls. I haven’t played it in Santa Fe since 1976.”
