In the Age of Giorgione An Evening of Art and Music BLOCK4 and the Royal College of Music Friday 15 April 2016 6.30–7.30pm Reynolds Room Royal Academy of Arts About the exhibition Venice, at the beginning of the 16th century: though Bellini is still the leading artist of the day, a younger generation that includes Titian and the enigmatic Giorgione is emerging. eir innovations, combined with the influence of visitors such as Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci, are about to usher in a new dawn of Venetian art. e first great painter to arise during this period is also the most mysterious: little is known about Giorgione’s life, and few works can be definitively attributed to him, yet the elusive poetic quality of his work is so powerful that, despite his early death, his legacy is profoundly felt in Venice and beyond. e powerful works of the exhibition chart the idealised beauty, expressive force and sensuous use of colour that we recognise today as the hallmarks of Venetian Renaissance painting. is evening, recorder quartet BLOCK4, will present a programme inspired by In the Age of Giorgione, kindly introduced by the exhibition’s curator Per Rumberg. BLOCK4 Emily Bannister Lucy Carr Katie Cowling Rosie Land
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In the Age of Giorgione
An Evening of Art and MusicBLOCK4 and the Royal College of Music
Friday 15 April 20166.30–7.30pmReynolds RoomRoyal Academy of Arts
About the exhibition
Venice, at the beginning of the 16th century: though Bellini is still the leading artist of the day, a younger generation that includes Titian and the enigmatic Giorgione is emerging. Their innovations, combined with the influence of visitors such as Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci, are about to usher in a new dawn of Venetian art. The first great painter to arise during this period is also the most mysterious: little is known about Giorgione’s life, and few works can be definitively attributed to him, yet the elusive poetic quality of his work is so powerful that, despite his early death, his legacy is profoundly felt in Venice and beyond. The powerful works of the exhibition chart the idealised beauty, expressive force and sensuous use of colour that we recognise today as the hallmarks of Venetian Renaissance painting.
This evening, recorder quartet BLOCK4, will present a programme inspired by In the Age of Giorgione, kindly introduced by the exhibition’s curator Per Rumberg.
BLOCK4
Emily BannisterLucy CarrKatie CowlingRosie Land
Programme
Introduction by Per Rumberg (Curator, In the Age of Giorgione)
Attributed authorship
Portrait of a Young Man (Giustiniani Portrait) Giorgione, c. 1497-99
Portrait of a Man (‘Terris Portrait’) Giorgione, 1506
Saltarello Anon. (14th Century)Virgo Prudentissima Attrib. Nicolas Payen (1512 - unknown)
Emotion in portraiture
Knights and Groom Attributed to Giorgione
Portrait of a Young Man (Antonio Brocardo?) Giorgione
feel things way about certainly don’t admire Amber Priestley (dates unknown)
Amarilli Mia Bella Giulio Caccini (1551-1618)arr. BLOCK4
Giorgione, Portrait of a Young Man (Giustiniani Portrait), c. 1497-99. Oil on canvas, 57.5 x 45.5 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kat.-Nr. 12A. With kind permission of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. © Photo: Jörg P. Anders; Portrait of a Man (‘Terris Portrait’), 1506. Oil on panel, 30.2 x 25.7 cm. The San Diego Museum of Art. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam 1941.100. Photo © The San Diego Museum of Art, www.sdmart.org; Giorgione, Portrait of a Young Man (Antonio Brocardo?). Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 54 cm. Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest. Gift of Archbishop János László Pyrker, 1836, inv. 94. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest; Giorgione, Il Tramonto, c. 1502-05. Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 91.4 cm. The National Gallery, London, bought 1961, inv. NG 6307. Photo © The National Gallery, London; Domenico Campagnola, Two Kneeling Youths in a Landscape, c. 1515-20. Pen and brown ink on paper, 18.2 x 27.3 cm. Lent by the Trustees of the British Museum, London, Department of Prints and Drawings, inv. 1895,0915.836. Photo © The
Trustees of the British Museum; Giovanni Bellini, Virgin and Child with Saint Peter and Saint Mark and a Donor (‘Cornbury Park Altarpiece’), 1505. Oil on panel, 91.4 x 81.3 cm. Lent by Birmingham Museums Trust on behalf of Birmingham City Council. Photo © Birmingham Museums Trust; Titian, Christ and the Adulteress, c. 1511. Oil on canvas, 139.2 x 181.7 cm. Glasgow Life (Glasgow Museums) on behalf of Glasgow City Council. Archibald McLellan Collection, purchased 1856, inv. 181. Photo © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection; Giovanni Cariani, Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1508-10. Oil on panel, 52.5 x 42.8 cm. Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest. Gift of Mrs György Ráth, 1906, inv. 51.879. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Giorgione, La Vecchia, c. 1508-10. Tempera and oil on canvas, 68 x 59 cm. Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, inv. 272. Photo © Archivio fotografico del Polo Museale del Veneto. Photography: Quartana, su concessione del Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo.
Technique/romance
The Watermill Albrecht Dürer, c. 1494-95
Il TramontoGiorgione, c. 1502–5
Two kneeling youths in a landscapeDomenico Campagnola, c. 1515-20
Vos Flores RosarumHildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Fugue in C minor HWV 608 Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
Stillness and spirituality
Virgin and Child with Saint Peter and Saint Mark and a Donor (‘Cornbury Park Altarpiece’) Giovanni Bellini, 1505
Christ and the AdulteressTitian, c. 1511
O Domine Jesu ChristeFrancisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Pari Intervallo Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Time
Portrait of a Young Woman Giovanni Cariani, c. 1508-10
La VecchiaGiorgione, c.1508–10
Clockwork Toccata Fulvio Caldini (b. 1959)
De Touts Flors Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
BLOCK4
BLOCK4 is a recorder quartet formed of students and ex-students of the Royal College of Music.
The quartet performs repertoire spanning the medieval and renaissance periods and also has a passion for contemporary music, often performing new works that have been written for them.
BLOCK4 perform in venues across London and abroad. The group won the Ensembles prize in the 2014 Royal Overseas League competition, and has been appointed Handel and Hendrix House Museum’s Ensemble in Residence for 2015-16. BLOCK4 are Concordia Foundation artists, and a new member of the Live Music Now scheme.
For further details please visitwww.block4.co.uk
The Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a world-leading music conservatoire founded in 1882. A centre for creativity, research and innovation the RCM trains the best musicians from all over the world becoming the outstanding performers, conductors and composers of the future. RCM professors are leaders in their fields and, under their expert guidance, RCM students regularly achieve remarkable success around the globe.
Further enhancing the inspiring offer to students, each year the RCM is proud to welcome renowned musicians such as Bernard Haitink, Sir Roger Norrington, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andrew Litton, Brett Dean, Emmanuel Ax, Pinchas Zuckerman, Kiri Te Kanawa and many others.
www.rcm.ac.uk
The Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal College of Music gratefully acknowledge Dasha Shenkman for supporting this evening.
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