The Sixth Collection in the Mintel Archive contains recordings of concerts by Chicago’s Music of the Baroque under the direction of Thomas Wikman. This Collection highlights the five Italian Baroque operas that Music of the Baroque presented in the late 1990s including Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and L’incoronazione di Poppea. The Collection also contains two Handel oratorios Samson and Israel in Egypt. Collection Six includes a significant organ recital played by Thomas Wikman at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Boston in 1981 on the now removed Hook & Hastings organ. Also, note the first appearance of the Grand Teton Music Festival in Volumes 12 with a performance of Hector Berlioz’s ~ Requiem with the Mormon Tabernacle choir.
- Volume 1: Cesti, Antonio ~ Orontea
- Volume 2: Cavalli, Pietro Francesco ~ Calisto
- Volume 3: Monteverdi, Claudio ~ L’Orfeo
- Volume 4: Monteverdi, Claudio ~ Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
- Volume 5: Monteverdi, Claudio ~ L’incoronazione di Poppea
- Volume 6: 17th-century vocal works
- Volume 7: Music from the Italian Baroque La Stravaganza & Viva Italia! Concerts
- Volume 8: Purcell, Henry ~ Excerpts from King Arthur & The Fairy Queen
- Volume 9: Organ recital by Thomas Wikman on the 1863 Hook & Hastings, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Boston.
- Volume 10: Handel, G.F. ~ Samson
- Volume 11: Handel, G.F. ~ Israel in Egypt
- Volume 12: Berlioz, Hector ~ Requiem. Grand Teton Music Festival with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- Volume 13: Orchestral & Chamber music ~ Grand Teton Music Festival
Collection Six
Volume 1: Cesti, A. ~ Orontea
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor. Chicago’s Music of the Baroque.
Filosofia – Karen Brunssen, mezzo-soprano. Amore & Silandra – Tamara Matthews, soprano.
Orontea – Patricia Risley, mezzo-soprano. Creonte – Peter Van de Graaff, bass.
Tibrino – William Watson, tenor. Aristea – Douglas Perry, tenor.
Alidoro – Douglas Anderson, baritone. Gelone – Kurt Link, bass.
Corindo – Jerry Hinks, countertenor. Giacinta – Donna Bruno, mezzo-soprano.
Volume 2: Cavalli, P. F. ~ Calisto
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor. Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
La Natura & Pan – William Watson, tenor. L’Eternità & Linfea – Tamara Matthews, soprano.
Il Destino & Giunone – Karen Brunssen, mezzo-soprano. Giove – Kurt Link, bass.
Mercurio – Douglas Anderson, baritone. Calisto – Christine Brandes, soprano.
Endimione – Drew Minter, countertenor. Diana – Patricia Risley, soprano.
Giove disguised as Diana – Donna Bruno, mezzo-soprano. Satrino – Mark Crayton, countertenor. Le Furie – Emily Lodine.
Volume 3: Monteverdi, C. ~ L’Orfeo (Orpheus)
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor. Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
La Musica & Euridice – Patrice Michaels, soprano. Pastore II & Spirito I – William Watson, tenor.
Ninfa – Patricia Mueller, soprano. Pastore I – Steven Rickards, countertenor. Orfeo – Kevin McMillan, baritone.
Pastore III & Spirito II – Jan Jarvis, baritone. Pastore IV & Spirito II – Richard Cohn, baritone.
Messaggiera – Donna Bruno, mezzo-soprano. Speranza – Karen Brunssen, mezzo-soprano.
Caronte – Kurt Link, bass. Apollo – Douglas Anderson, baritone.
Volume 4: Monteverdi, C. ~ Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
(The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland)
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor
Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
L’Humana, Fragilità & Anfinomo – Jeffrey Gall, countertenor.
Tempo & Nettuno – Peter Van de Graaff, bass.
Fortuna & Giunone – Karen Brunssen, mezzo-soprano.
Amore & Melanto – Patrice Michaels, soprano.
Penelope – Gloria Banditelli, mezzo-soprano.
Ericlea – Mark Crayton, countertenor. Eurimaco – William Watson, tenor.
Giove – Douglas Anderson, baritone. Ulisse – John Horton Murray, tenor.
Minerva – Tonya Currier, mezzo-soprano.
Eumete – Calland Metts, tenor. Iro – Edward Zelnis, tenor.
Telemaco – Brenda Harris, mezzo-soprano.
Antinoo – Kurt Link, bass. Pissandro – Jan Jarvis, baritone.
Volume 5: Monteverdi, C. ~ L’incoronazione di Poppea (The coronation of Poppea)
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor. Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
La Fortuna & Ottavia – Donna Bruno, mezzo-soprano. La Virtù & Pallade – Patricia Mueller, soprano.
Amore – Mark Crayton, countertenor. Ottone – Jeffrey Gall, countertenor. Primo Soldato – Calland Metts, tenor.
Secondo Soldato – Jan Jarvis, baritone. Poppea – Emily Magee, soprano. Nerone – Gloria Banditelli, mezzo-soprano.
Arnalta – William Watson, tenor. Nutrice – Karen Brunssen, mezzo-soprano. Seneca – Kevin Lanagan, bass.
Drusilla – Patrice Michaels, soprano. Mercurio – Richard Cohn, baritone. Liberto – Douglas Anderson, baritone.
Valletto – Amy Cochrane, soprano. Damigella – Maureen Sorensson, soprano. Lucano – Jan Jarvis, baritone.
Littore – Peter Van de Graaff, bass. Venere – Emily Lodine, mezzo-soprano.
Volume 6: 17th Century Vocal Masterworks (Music of Monteverdi and Schütz)
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor. Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Merulo, Claudio ~ La Zambeccari (organ prelude)
Anerio, Felice ~ Christus factus est
Minor propers: Introit, Alleluia, Offertory & Communion (Mode VIII)
Monteverdi, Claudio ~ Messa a quattro voci: Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Schütz, Heinrich ~
Herr, neige deine Himmel
Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Herr
Bone Jesu, verbum patris
Freuet euch des Herrn
Lobe den Herren, meine Seele
Cantate Domino
Ite missa est, Alleluia
di Lasso, Orlando ~ Jubilate Deo
Handl, Jacob ~ Haec est dies (organ duet)
Frescobaldi, Girolamo ~ Bergamasca and Toccata per l’elevazione
Monteverdi, Claudio ~
Confitebor
Laudate pueri
Bassano, Giovanni ~ Dic nobis, Maria
Patrice Michaels, Patricia Mueller, sopranos. Mark Crayton, Steven Rickards, countertenors.
Bruce Fowler, Kurt Hansen, William Watson, tenors. Richard Cohn,
Jan Jarvis, baritones. Peter Van de Graaff, bass-baritone,
David Schrader and Michael Bahmann, organ.
Volume 7: Music from the Italian Baroque: La Stravaganza Concert & Viva Italia!
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
La Stravaganza: Music of Scarlatti, di Lasso, Bononcini & Vivaldi
di Lasso, Orlando ~ Fulgebunt justi
Vivaldi, Antonio ~ Concerto in D minor for Oboe, Op. 8 #9, RV 454. Robert Morgan, oboe
Scarlatti, Alessandro ~ Cantata: Su le sponde del Tebro. Maria Kanyova, soprano
di Lasso ~ Sicut rosa
Vivaldi ~ Violin Concerto in G Major from La Stravaganza,
Elliott Golub, violin
Bononcini, Giovanni Maria ~ Sinfonia Decima à 7 for two trumpets and strings
Charles Geyer, Barbara Butler, trumpets
Viva Italia! Music of Vivaldi, Alberti, Franceschini, Corelli & Marcello and others
Alberti, Giuseppe Matteo ~ Sonata III in E minor Op. 2 #7
Franceschini, Petronio ~ Sonata in D for Two Solo Trumpets
Charles Geyer, Barbara Butler, trumpets
Marcello, Benedetto ~ Concerto à 5 in A Major, Op. 1 #9
Vivaldi ~ Cantata: Nulla in mundo pax sincera
Patrice Michaels, soprano
Vivaldi ~ Violin Concerto in D Major, F 1, No. 19
Elliott Golub, violin
Corelli, Arcangelo ~ Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, #8
Volume 8: Purcell, H. ~ Music from King Arthur and The Fairy Queen
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor. Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Sir Frank Dicksee—The Two Crowns
Overture, Air and “Frost Scene” from King Arthur
Cupid: Patrice Michaels, soprano. Cold Genius: Myron Myers, bass.
Orchestral excerpts and King Oberon’s Birthday from The Fairy Queen
Prelude, Rondeau, Hornpipe
Spring: Alicia Purcell, soprano. Summer: Patricia Deckert, contralto.
Autumn: Kurt Hansen, tenor. Winter: Myron Myers, bass.
Phoebus: Jan Jarvis, baritone. Alto duet: Emily Lodine, mezzo-soprano.
Volume 9: Hook & Hastings Organ Recital. Thomas Wikman, Organ
Grand plein jeu
Fugue à 5
Trio
Point d’orgue sur les grand jeux
Vater unser im Himmelreich by Johann Sebastian Bach
Chorale Prelude and Fugue on O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid by Johannes Brahms
In Festo Ss. Trinitatis from L’Orgue Mystique by Charles Tournemire
Introit
Tryptyque
Fantasia in G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Variations on Mein junges Leben hat ein End by J. P. Sweelinck
In Assumptione B.M.V. from L’Orgue Mystique by Charles Tournemire
Introit
Communion
Paraphrase – Carillon
Volume 10: Handel, G. F. ~ Samson
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor. Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Richard Versalle-Samson, Arthur Berg-Harapha, Linda Mabbs-Philistine woman,
Darrell Rowader-Philistine man, Sharon Powell-Micah, Gershon Silins-Manoah, Barbara Pearson-Delila.
Volume 11: Handel, G. F. ~ Israel in Egypt
Thomas Wikman, Music Director & Conductor. Chicago’s Music of the Baroque
Hollace Emrich, Rebecca Patterson, sopranos
Dale Terbeek, countertenor
Sharon Powell, mezzo-soprano
Darrell Rowader, tenor
Arthur Berg, Paul Kiesgen, basses
Volume 12: Berlioz, H. ~ Requiem
Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra with The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Ling Tung, Music Director & Conductor. Jerold Ottley, Chorus master.
Robert Breault, tenor. Encore: The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Volume 13: Grand Teton Music Festival Concerts
Orchestral Concert of August 9, 1993 Ling Tung, Conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff ~ Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ~ Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Camille Saint-Saëns ~ Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78
Thomas Wikman, organ (2002 performance)
Jon Deak ~ BB Wolf
WFMT’s Music in America Featuring The Grand Teton Music Festival
Jim Unrath, Host
Evans Mirages, producer
