Mélomanie means music mania! It also could be translated, more charitably, as “a love of music.”
On today’s Noontime Concert on The Classical Network, we’ll enjoy performances by Mélomanie, the Delaware-based ensemble that specializes in provocative pairings of early and contemporary music.
From the 17th century, we’ll hear from Michel-Richard Delalande (the Chaconne from “Les fontaines de Versailles”); from the 18th century, Johann Christian Shieferdecker (his Musicalisches Concert No. 1 in A minor) and Benoît Guillemant (the Sonata in C major, Op. 3, No. 4, for two bass instruments); and, from closer to our own time, Mark Hagerty (“Ultraviolet,” in its world premiere performance), Matthias Maute (“It’s Summertime: A Trilogy,” after George Gershwin), and Liduino Pitombeira (“Impressões Quixerés” and “The Sound of the Sea,” also receiving its world premiere).
Mélomanie’s next concert will take place on Sunday at 2 p.m. at The Delaware Contemporary, 200 S. Madison Street, in Wilmington, DE. You can learn more by visiting the ensemble’s website, melomanie.org.
It may be summertime for Matthias Maute, but, on this good, moody, October day, the rest of the afternoon will be seasoned with more autumnal fare, until 4 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
