衛武營國家藝術文化中心 National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)

In the 17th and 18th century Europe saw the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment, a time when people longed for new prospects. The "French Sun King" Louis XIV initiated a series of "fashion revolutions," which helped establish the Baroque aesthetics and have had a profound impact to this day, just like how Baroque music greatly influenced later classical music. As an Early music ensemble, Formosa Baroque presents authentic Baroque opera repertoire with virtuoso conductor and brilliant Baroque baritone to bring another long-awaited stunning performance.

  Pre-talk  

2023/5/20(Sat)19:00 Concert Hall 3F Lobby

  Program  

Henry PURCELL (1659-1695): The Fairy Queen, extracts

FIRST MUSIC

• Prelude
• Hornpipe

SECOND MUSIC

• Rondeau

ACT 1

• First Act Tune: Jig

ACT 2

• Prelude and Song: “Come All Ye Songsters of the Sky”
• Prelude

ACT 4

• Next, Winter Comes Slowly

ACT 5

• Prelude and Hymen scene
• Chaconne - Dance for Chinese Man and Woman

Jean-Féry REBEL (1666-1747): Les Elémens, extracts

Le Chaos
Loure I – "La Terre et L'Eau"
Chaconne – "Le Feu"
Ramage – "L'Air"

Sicilienne

Tambourin

-Intermission-

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (1683-1764): Opéra-ballet Les Indes Galantes, extracts 

Prologue

• Ouverture
• Air Polonais
• Air pour deux guerriers portant les drapeaux
• Bellone: "C'est la gloire qui rend les héros immortels"
• Air pour les amants qui suivent Bellone et Les amantes qui tâchent de les retenir

Première entrée: Le Turc Généreux 

• Ritournelle
• Osman: "Il faut que l'amour s'envole"
• Tempeste
• Rigaudons I & II
• Tambourins I & II

Deuxième entrée: Les Incas du Pérou

• Huascar: "Soleil, on a détruit tes superbes asiles"
• Prélude pour l'adoration du Soleil
• Huascar: "Brillant soleil, jamais nos yeux dans ta carrière"
• Loure en rondeau 
• Huascar: "Permettez astre du jour"
• Gavottes I & II
• Tremblement de terre
• Huascar: "La flamme se rallume encore"

Troisième entrée: Les Fleurs - fête persane

• Air pour Borée et la Rose
• Airs pour Zéphire I & II 
• Gavotte vive pour les Fleurs

Quatrième entrée : Les Sauvages

• Adario: "Rivaux de mes exploits, Rivaux de mes Amours"
• Adario: "Bannissons les tristes alarmes"
• Danse du grand calumet de paix exécutée par les sauvages – Rondeau
• Zima: "Forêts paisibles"

  Creative and Production Team  

Formosa Baroque

Conductor & Concertmaster｜Ryo TERAKADO

Bariton｜Marc MAUILLON

Baroque Violin｜Michiyo KONDO, Andrew WONG, Marie TORIU, Tatsuya HATANO, Sakura GOTO, Judy HUNG

Baroque Viola｜LIN Wen-chuan, LU Chen-ying

Baroque Flute｜Marc HANTAI, CHEN Yi-fen

Baroque Oboe｜Emmanuel LAPORTE Minori SAJI

Baroque Bassoon｜Eyal STREETT

Baroque Cello｜Rainer ZIPPERLING, CHIANG Chia-hua

Baroque Double Bass｜Shigeru SAKURAI

Harpsichord｜Julius LORSCHEIDER

  Artists Introduction  

Conductor & Concertmaster｜Ryo TERAKADO

The Bolivian-born Japanese violinist and conductor, Ryo TERAKADO, started to play violin at the age of 4. He won the 2nd prize in the All Japan Youth Musical Competition when he was 14 years old. He studied violin, chamber music and conducting at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1983, he won the 3rd prize in the All Japan Music Competition. At the time when graduating Toho Gakuen, he was invited as a concertmaster of The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, where he served for 2 years.

Ryo TERAKADO's interest in Baroque music already started before: When he was 19, he started to play Baroque violin by himself. Some years later, he founded a Baroque ensemble Concert Spirituel together with Masahiro Arita (flute), who influenced him a lot, and Hidemi SUZUKI (cello). In 1985, he came to the Netherlands to study the Baroque violin at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague under guidance of Sigiswald KUIJKEN. In 1989 He received a soloist diploma.

Since 1987, Ryo TERAKADO has played with many Baroque orchestras in Europe and Japan as a concertmaster: Les Arts Florissants, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Tokyo Bach Mozart Orchestra etc. Presently he is the concertmaster of La Petite Bande and Bach Collegium Japan. He plays regularly concertos by i.e. J. S. BACH, Antonio VIVALDI, W. A. MOZART with the above-mentioned orchestras. Besides that he is also invited frequently to Italy, Poland, France and Australia as a soloist. In 1987 he founded the Tokyo Baroque Trio together with Christophe ROUSSET (harpsichord) and Kaori UEMURA (viola da Gamba). Several tours were made in Japan, and many concerts in Europe. This group is now renewed with another harpsichordist: Siebe HENSTRA, and called Tokyo Baroque in order to expand the group.

Since 1994, Ryo TERAKADO is one of the main artists in Hokutopia International Music Festival in Tokyo, where he debuted as a conductor. He has conducted operas by MONTEVERDI, PURCELL, RAMEAU, GLUCK, HAYDN and W. A. MOZART, including PURCELL's Dido and Aeneas, RAMEAU's Pigmarion, REBEL's Les Elemens, etc. with collaboration of Natalie VAN PARIJS (Baroque Dance) and Les Fragment Reunis, Jean-Philippe CORRIGOU (lighting) and Yoko ARIMATU (Costume). He also conducted other concert performances: J. S. BACH's Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046-1051), PURCELL's Fairy Queen, extract of Lully Operas, W. A. MOZART's Symphonies and extract of the opera Idomeneo, etc. In 1997, Orchestra of the Festival became Les Boreades which will be conducted by Ryo TERAKADO permanently.

Ryo TERAKADO founded an ensemble & orchestra Nova Pratica in 1999 together with Susan WILLIAMS (trumpet), Stratton BULL (counter-tenor) and Fons VAN DER LINDEN (harpsichord). It's base is in Maastricht (Holland). He also founded the string quartet Mito dell'Arco which consists of Ryo TERAKADO, Dmitry BADIAROV (violin), Yosiko MORITA (viola), Hidemi SUZUKI (cello). Debuted in Japan in September 1999. Besides other activities of solo, conducting, and chamber music, he also makes tours in Japan with the Kuijken Ensemble with BARTHOLD, Wieland KUIJKEN and Robert KOHNEN.

From 1990 to 1992, Ryo TERAKADO taught baroque violin at Paris Conservatory (CNSMP). Currently he teaches at the Hague Royal Conservatory (Holland) since 1991, and at the Toho Gakuen School of Music (Japan).

His discography can be found in Ricercar (Belgium), Accent (Germany), BIS (Sweden), Denon (Japan) and Passacaille (Belgium)..

Baritone｜Marc MAUILLON 

The exploration of the relationship between words and music is at the heart of Marc MAUILLON's artistic approach. Exceptional vocal means have given him the possibility of taking on both baritone and tenor repertories, an immediately recognisable timbre, he puts his sense of colour and of diction at the service of his insatiable curiosity.

From Guillaume de Machaut to contemporary repertoire, from opera to recital, his career history is a reflection of an out of the ordinary eclecticism. His encounter with William CHRISTIE as part of the Jardin des Voix (2002), then with Jordi Savall, at first opened up for him a magnificent field of exploration of early music, which he later expanded.

Formosa Baroque

The formation of Formosa Baroque was inspired by a desire to develop knowledge of Early Music in Taiwan. The ensemble had its first national tour in March 2016. Formosa Baroque is made up of young Asian musicians from Taiwan, Japan, China and Korea, who completed their Early Music and period instrument studies at some of the most important European conservatories. Set up under the guidance of Taiwan Early Music Society and directed by the flutist CHEN Yi-fen , the orchestra aims to bring the richness of the repertoire to Taiwanese audiences. Since 2010, various tours of chamber music, master-classes, and numerous workshops for young people have been organized, with the aspiration of seeing Early Music movement flourish in Taiwan.

In April 2019, for the first time, Formosa Baroque has been invited to perform in China.  The ensemble was perform at the Forbidden City Concert Hall (FCCH) as part of the Early Music Festival in Beijing, as well as in the Tianjin Grand Theater and National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Taiwan, with Marc MAUILLON, baritone and conduct by Pierre HANTAI.