
La Dolce Vita
Saturday, October 28, 2023 • 2:00 pm
Saint Leonard's Church
320 Hanover Street
Boston, MA 02113
La Dolce Vita celebrates the legacy of Italian composers from the Renaissance through contemporary composition. The program, set as a musical tasting menu, engages the listeners in a diverse program of Italian music that will be performed in Boston’s oldest Italian church, Saint Leonard’s in the North End.
Antipasti
Exultate Deo adjutori
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
Primi
Ego Flos Campi
Surge Propera Mea
Rafaella Aleotti (c. 1575–1620)
Si ch'io vorrei morire
Ah! Dolente partita
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Secondi
Domine ad adiuvandum me festina
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Dixit Dominus
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
Te Deum
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
Confitebor tibi Domine, P. 66
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
Laetatus sum
Antonio Vivaldi
Contorni
Ave Maria from “Quattro Pezzi Sacri”
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Dolci
Giunone, cantata for the birthday of Ferdinando IV
Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
Robert Duff
Music Director Finalist and Guest Conductor
A strong proponent of new music, Dr. Duff has given several world premieres of works for both orchestral and choral forces. He previously served as Council to the New Hampshire Council on the Arts and has served on the faculties of Pomona College, Claremont Graduate University and Mount St. Mary’s College. He holds degrees in conducting, piano, and voice from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Temple University, and the University of Southern California.