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Sunday, 11/15/2026
at 4:00 PM



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Echoes of mourning, rebirth, and the mysterious in invocations and dialogues of the ancient Greek woman Sappho, the Renaissance poetess Gaspara Stampa, and the contemporary composer Francesca Gaza

ENSEMBLE HOURGLASS
LIANE SADLER / Traverso flute, director
FRANCESCA GAZA / Vocals, Spinettina da gamba, composition

For three days, the ancient Greeks celebrated a festival in the city of Amyklai on the Peloponnese in honor of Hyakinthos – the beloved of Apollo, who was tragically killed and then resurrected in the form of a flower. The archaic rites of these Hyacinthia deal with mourning, rebirth, and the mysterious. They provide the framework for Ensemble Hourglass to explore multifaceted, timeless invocations and dialogues among three artists. For the hyacinth, as a powerful symbol of rebirth, appears as a core motif in a fragment of the ancient Greek lyricist Sappho, which was revised in the 16th century by the Renaissance poetess Gaspara Stampa. Her setting has been lost; however, in the new composition by Francesca Gaza, born in 1995, for vocals, Spinettina, and Renaissance traverso flute ensemble, it receives a new voice. Hourglass takes on the role of an ancient Greek choir. It comments on the festival through polyphonic vocal and dance music from Stampa's time, with intricate embellishments over delicate polyphonic lines and the rhythmic power of seldom heard Venetian dances.

Entry: 3:00 PM

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