AsproDolce
Jolle Greenleaf, soprano
Hank Heijink, lute and theorbo
Photo by Nan Melville
Songs of Love and Loss:
Music of Marc Antoine Charpentier
Best known for his large-scale sacred works and his operas, Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) is a seminal figure in French music. Lesser known are his contributions to the airs sérieux (serious songs) and airs à boire (drinking songs) that were immensely popular at the end of the 17th Century. The songs are coquettish, and ephemeral as soap bubbles, but sparkle with an unexpected complexity and depth. “Songs of Love and Loss” offers these songs performed by one singer and theorbo, in order to bring out the clarity of the poetry and the melodic line.
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Photo by: Megan Greenlee
About Hank Heijink
Hank Heijink has played all over the world with leading ensembles such as the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra with Ton Koopman, Orchestre d’Auvergne, Mark Morris Dance Group, and the Wooster Gropu. As a member of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, he toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Scandinavia. He has collaborated with Nigel North and Christina Pluhar, among others, and has taken part in productions including Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, John Blow’s Venus and Adonis, Cavalli’s La Didone, and Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, among others. As a regular member of TENET, Mr. Heijink can be heard on the ensemble’s entire discography and as a soloist on UNO + ONE: Italia Nostra and The Secret Lover. A native of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, he holds a performance degree from the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, a master of arts degree in computer science, and a Ph.D. in social sciences.
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