German Virtuoso Recorder Player and Flautist Matthias Maute will be the featured guest artist in Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble’s concert at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center’s Garrison Theater, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 6. Harpsichordist Preethi de Silva, Professor of Music at Scripps College and Con Gioia’s founder-director, will join Mr. Maute at this performance. The concert is free and open to the public.
Known for his stunning blend of dazzling virtuosity and colorful expressivity, Matthias Maute is recognized as one of the foremost recorder players of his generation. He is a first prize winner of the Musica Antiqua competition in Bruges, Belgium. A founding member of Trio Passagio and artistic director of Ensemble Caprice, Mr. Maute is also a member of the Baroque ensemble REBEL. He has been featured at early music festivals around the world, including those of Utrecht, Bruges, Berlin, Kassel, Schwetzingen, Stuttgart and Avignon. His recordings can be heard on prestigious labels including Vanguard Classics, Antes Editions and Dorian Recordings.
Preethi de Silva is an internationally known soloist on harpsichord and fortepiano who is professor of music at Scripps College, Claremont. Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble, founded in 1982 and based in Claremont, has received critical acclaim for its performances of baroque and classical music on period instruments. De Silva, who has released several recordings of works by C.P.E. Bach and Mozart, performs as lead soloist and director in Con Gioia’s recently released recording of concertos for one, two, and four harpsichords by J.S. Bach.
The program includes Arcangelo Corelli’s well-known Variations on La Follia, Sonata Quarta by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Telemann’s Sonata in C Major and Mealli’s Sonata La Bernabea for recorder, as well as J. S. Bach’s Sonata in E minor (BWV 1034) for transverse flute, and solo works by de Silva and Maute.