Upcoming Events

Music from the Royal Chapel of Early Modern Naples 
Book presentation & concert

October 10th, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
Dahlgren Chapel
Georgetown University
No registration required

Art on the cover of Prof. Olivieri’s new book.

The Italian Research Institute is pleased to co-sponsor an event with the Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts and Music Program, Georgetown University Campus Ministry, and The Embassy of Italy’s Italian Cultural Institute featuring the presentation of the recently published monograph String Virtuosi in Eighteenth-Century Naples: Culture, Power, and Music Institutions by Prof. Guido Olivieri (Professor of Musicology, University of Texas – Austin) and a concert on the music from The Royal Chapel of Early Modern Naples.

Professor Guido Olivieri

A book discussion will follow, led by Anthony R. DelDonna (Thomas E. Caestecker Professor of Music, Georgetown University) and the author, Guido Olivieri. 

Prof. Olivieri’s book focuses on the significant contributions of Neapolitan musicians to the development of string repertory in early modern Europe, specifically the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The narrative also illuminates the larger context of Naples, at times the second-largest metropolis on the European continent and ruled in this period by Spain and Austria (embodied in the succession of viceroys’ resident in the capital). Prof. Olivieri’s richly documented book combines music’s composition and patronage with the broader religious, political, and economic frameworks of Italian music, musicians, and artistic culture. 

The event concludes with a concert music from the Royal Chapel of Modern Naples performed by the period instrument ensemble Modern Musick: Risa Browder (violin), John Moran (baroque cello), Dongsok Shin (harpsichord).

Dongsok Shin (harpsichord), Risa Browder (violin), John Moran (baroque cello)

Concert Program

Giovanni Antonio Piani (1678 — 1760)
Sonata for violin & basso continuo in e minor (1716)
Largo, et amoroso
Scherzo: Allegro
Allemanda: Poco Allegro
Legieramente, mà non allegro
Allegro assai è spiccato


Francesco Xaverio Geminiani (1687-1762)
Sonata for cello & basso continuo in F major, op.5, no. 5 (1746)
Adagio
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Allegro

Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (ca. 1645 – ca. 1712)
Sonata for violin & basso continuo in e minor, no. 5 (1701)
Largo-Allegro-Largo
Vivace
Largo
Spiritoso
Allegro

Michele Mascitti (ca. 1664-1760)
Sonata à 3 in g minor, op. 6 no. 15 (1722)
Preludio: Largo andante
Allegro
Largo
Allemanda: Andante
Giga: Allegro