Tempesta di Mare will perform the next Music, Gettysburg! concert on Sunday, November 10at 4:00 pm. The concert will take place at the chapel of the United Lutheran Seminary at 147 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg. The program, entitled Cruel Amaryllis will feature Baroque music from the period 1601 to 1643 in Italy and centers on settings of verse by three poets whose careers overlapped with those of the composers. Tenors James Reese and Jacob Perry will be accompanied by Grant Herreid on archlute, Richard Stone on theorbo, and Cameron Welke on theorbo. As are all Music, Gettysburg! concerts, it is free and is open to all.
Conversational,extroverted, emotionally provocative – these words describe both Baroque music and the experience Tempesta di Mare delivers with every performance. Led by directors Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, Tempesta di Mare has performed more than 400 concerts in the US and Europe and has recorded 12 acclaimed CDs.
Named a “shining tenor” by the New York Classical Review, James Reese is a frequently sought-after soloist with leading ensembles throughout North America. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and holds a Masters Degree from Yale University. He lives in Philadelphia.
Jacob Perry, Jr., based in the Washington Metro Area, receives praise for his “gorgeous and stylish” interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque repertoire (ClevelandClassical.com). In addition to Tempesta di Mare, he has been featured as a soloist with Apollo’s Fire, Handel Choir of Baltimore, Mountainside Baroque, The Thirteen, Washington Bach Consort, and The City Choir o fWashington.
Lutenist Richard Stone, co-founder and codirector of Tempesta di Mare, has performed in solo recitals, music series and festivals worldwide. The New York Times has called his playing “beautiful” and “lustrously melancholy,” while the Washington Post described it as having “the energy of a rock solo and the craft of a classical cadenza.”
Grant Herreid is a core member of Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, and performs frequently on early reeds, brass, strings and voice with many US early music ensembles. A specialist in early opera, he has played theorbo, lute and Baroque guitar with Chicago Opera Theater, Aspen Music Festival, Portland Opera, New York City Opera, and others.
Lutenist Cameron Welke brings a passionate curiosity to all manner of historical plucked instruments, which he plays with “expert technical dexterity, consummate phrasing and endearing expressivity” (Chestnut Hill Local). Past and current engagements include performances with the Washington Bach Consort, Tempesta di Mare, the Folger Consort, the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Three Notch’d Road, and Hesperus.