Mystic Fire:
Virtuosity from the Habsburg Court music
Fourth concert of Lyra's Mainstage Series
Performance times:
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Friday, May 1, 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | at Mount Olive Church in Rochester (2830 18th Ave NW, Rochester, MN 55901)
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Saturday, May 2, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.| at Sundin Music Hall in Saint Paul (1531 Hewitt Ave, St Paul, MN 55104)
Italian musical influence was dominant across the Alps in Austria, where Italian composers such as Bertali and Valentini made their mark on the music of their Austrian counterparts. Step into the resplendent world of the Habsburg Court with Mystic Fire, a programme exploring the breathtaking virtuosity in Biber’s masterworks, the astonishingly unique style of Valentini, and the rich tapestry of sound in Schmelzer and Bertali, brought to life by strings and trumpets that will amaze you.
Program
Heinrich Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704)
Sonata IV in C major (C 117) from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes
Allegro-Allegro-Presto-Adagio-Allegro
Sonata XI in C minor (C 88) from Fidicinum Sacro-Profanum, 1682
Adagio-Più presto-Adagio-Allegro
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-1680)
Sonata Amabilis in F major
Baletto Di Zingari in D minor
Harmonia à 5
Giovanni Valentini (1582/3-1649)
Sonata à 5 in G minor
Sonata à 5 in C major
Sonata à 4 o 5 in G minor “Enharmonic”
INTERMISSION
Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky (1639-1693)
Sonata à 4 in G minor
Sonata Laetitiae in C major
Sonata Sancti Spiritus
Antonio Bertali (1605-1669)
Sonata a 5
Sonata IV à 3 in D minor
Ciaccona
Heinrich Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704)
Sonatae tam aris quam aulis quam servientes
Sonata X (C 118) in G minor
Adagio-Allegro-Sempre Allegro-Adagio-Presto-Allegro
Sonata II (C 115) in D major
Allegro-Sempre allegro-Adagio-Presto-Adagio