Concert: The XIX Century and the Lyre-guitar
Program
Part one
Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)
Sonata III op. 21 Moderato - Romance - Rondeau
Sonatina III op. 7 Largo - Allegro
Francesco Molino (1775-1847)
Siciliana
Ferdinando Carulli
Theme and Variations on “La Follia di Spagna”
Part two
Stefano Lentini (1974) 
“ Il lato sabbioso della strada ”
Lyre-guitar ballade n.1 op. 14
(dedicated to Eleonora Vulpiani)
Ferdinando Carulli
Sonata Sentimentale op. 42
(illustrated through paintings by famous artists)
“The loves of Adonis and Venus”
1-Introduction: Largo, Allegro assai
2-Larghetto espressivo: “ Venus and Adonis flirt”
3-Allegro: “Mars jealousy”
4-Allegretto: “ Venus and Adonis go hunting”
5-Allegro: “ The hunt begins, Adonis gets lost…
A wild boar appears, Adonis fights against him,
The boar kills Adonis”
6-Largo: “ Death of Adonis”
7-Allegro: “ Venus looks for Adonis”
8-Largo: “ Venus despair in finding Adonis dead”
“ Venus with her cry moves Proserpina”
“Proserpina, moved, promises to bring him back to life”
9-Allegretto: “ Adonis returns to life”
10-Finale: Allegretto
Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
“Garyowen” Allegro con brio National Irish Aria (from op. 125)
REPERTOIRE
Five Sonatas by
Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841):
Sonata Sentimentale op. 42
“The loves of Adonis and Venus”
(with reciting voice)
-Introduction: Largo
-Allegro assai
-Larghetto espressivo: Venus and Adonis flirt
-Allegro: Mars jealousy
-Allegretto: Venus and Adonis go hunting
-Allegro: The hunt begins, Adonis gets lost…
A wild boar appears, Adonis fights against him,
The boar kills Adonis.
- Largo : Death of Adonis
-Allegro: Venus looks for Adonis
- Largo : Venus despair in finding Adonis dead
- Largo : Venus with her cry moves Proserpina
-Allegretto:Proserpina moved
promise to bring him back to life
- Largo : Adonis return to life
-Finale: Allegretto
Sonata Sentimentale op. 2
“L'Orage” -The thunder storm
(with reciting voice)
-Introduzione: Largo
-Larghetto con molta espressione:
A shepherd and shepherdess flirt
-Moderato: The weather darkens,
The shepherdess is frightened,
The wind, The rain, The hail,
The lightning, The thunder,
The shepherdess moan,
The thunder storm worsens
-Andante: The shepherd gives the shepherdess
courage and they take refuge in a cave,
A monster appears, The shepherdess faints
-Allegro: The shepherd and the monster fight,
The shepherd hits the monster, Monster's howl,
Monster's death
-Moderato: The weather clears, The shepherdess
comes to herself
-Andante: The rainbow
-Allegretto: The shepherd and the shepherdess rejoice.
Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829 “Garyowen”
Allegro con brio
National Irish Aria (from op. 125)
F. Carulli: Theme and Variations on
“La Follia di Spagna”
Francesco Molino (1775-1847)
Siciliana
Divertimento in three parts op. 44
“Cinderella”
(with reciting voice)
Part One:
-Ouverture - Largo
-Allegro
-Andantino: Cinderella by the fireplace sings Toto carabo.
-Moderato: Cinderella cooks.
-Larghetto: Cinderella's sweetness.
-Allegro: The young ladies are invited to the ball.
Great preparations begin. At last they go.
-Larghetto Espressivo:
Cinderella, left alone, is crying; A Fairy appears.
-Largo Maestoso: Cinderella in tears tells of her desire
to go to the ball… The Fairy changes a squash into a coach.
-Allegro: Cinderella's old clothes became a magnificent
dress and she goes to the ball.
-Allegretto
Part Two:
-Allegretto: At the palace, The ball begins.
-Minuetto
-Gavotta
-Valzer
-Quadriglia: The beauty of Cinderella
raises general surprise at her arrival,
The ball goes on…Cinderella dances.
-Moderato:
Cinderella talk to her sisters without being recognized.
-Andante: Midnight strikes, Cinderella runs away and
the prince follows her.
-Allegro: She looses her crystal slipper, the prince picks it up.
Part Three:
-Agitato: Cinderella returns home with her old clothes.
-Allegretto non troppo: The prince tells everybody he will marry
the lady whose foot will fit the crystal slipper he found at the ball.
-Moderato: The prince begins his search
from the ladies of the court,
princesses and duchesses but with no luck.
At last he makes Cinderella try it and it fits perfectly.
The Fairy changes Cinderella's old clothes into a magnificent dress…
-Finale - Allegretto: Cinderella and the prince get married.
Sonatina III op. 7 : Largo - Allegro
Sonata III op. 21 : Moderato - Romance - Rondeau
Stefano Lentini (1974)
“ Il lato sabbioso della strada ”
Lyre-guitar ballade n.1 op. 14
(dedicated to Eleonora Vulpiani)
Voice and Lyre-guitar
by Ferdinando Carulli:
Hymne op. 61 n. 2: Romance op. 61 n. 9: Cavatine op. 61 n. 4:
Salut ò divine espérance Adieu bosquet Arbres témoins
Grand Air Italien op. 61 n. 14:
Recitativo - Largo - Allegro
by Pierre Jean Porro (1750-1831):
Six Romances
Cantique de Venus (traduit de Sapho) La solitude plait à mon coeur…
Un jour sur la coudrette… Le besoin d'aimer
Dans le printemps… Les sermens oubliés
by Etienne Jean Battista Pastou (1784-1851):
Hommage au beau sexe
Violin (or Flute) and Lyre-guitar
by Ferdinando Carulli:
Sonata III op. 23 Allegro - Rondo - Allegretto
(for Lyre-guitar with violin accompaniment )
Eight Arias from Le Nozze di Figaro by W. A. Mozart, op. 66
Voice , Violin (or Flute) and Lyre-guitar
by Pierre Jean Porro:
Six Romances Nouvelles op. 34
Le Saule du Malhereux, La Serenade ,
L'Amour marchend de co,
Chant d'une jeune arabe Canzonetta,
L'Adieu
by Stefano Lentini:
Trio n. 1 op. 17
Franciscae mea laude ( on texts by C. Baudelaire)
